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Dreams from My Father

Dreams from My Father

A Story of Race and Inheritence
BiographyBiography & Memoir
Pages
414
Published
2006
Language
English

Synopsis

Barack Obama's memoir explores his journey to understand his absent father, an African man who left his family when Obama was young. After his father's death, Obama travels to Kenya to uncover the truth about his father's life and reconcile his own mixed heritage. This deeply personal account offers insight into one man's search for identity and connection.

Prose complexity
7/10

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ReflectiveEmotionalThought-ProvokingInformative
Coming of Age

Genres

Biography Biography & Memoir Memoir Politics & Society History Literary Fiction

About the author

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Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II was the 44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017. He was the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois from January 2005 until his election to the presidency in November 2008.

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