Sunday, March 22, 2009
Dreams of My Father by Barack Obama
This book was written after he graduated from law school, before political aspirations. He was approached to write it after he was made the first African American president of The Harvard Law Review.
I think the thing that made this book so intriguing to me it that it was such a clear picture of how he grew up and formed his opinions and values. It was written at a time he was not sure where his life was going. In some instances the stories he chooses to share are such an intimate portrayal of the choices he made that led him to his beliefs that he would never have written them after seeking office. I kept reading the book and having to stop and almost smack my forehead to remind myself it was not just another interesting memoir, but this guy is the president of the US! Too cool.
It was a really interesting read even if he were not the president. Read it, you will get a really interesting picture of who he is and what is important to him.
I think the thing that made this book so intriguing to me it that it was such a clear picture of how he grew up and formed his opinions and values. It was written at a time he was not sure where his life was going. In some instances the stories he chooses to share are such an intimate portrayal of the choices he made that led him to his beliefs that he would never have written them after seeking office. I kept reading the book and having to stop and almost smack my forehead to remind myself it was not just another interesting memoir, but this guy is the president of the US! Too cool.
It was a really interesting read even if he were not the president. Read it, you will get a really interesting picture of who he is and what is important to him.
