Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

Barack Obama

453 pages first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction memoir reflective slow-paced
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The son of a black African father and a white American mother, Obama was only two years old when his father walked out on the family. Many years later, Obama receives a phone call from Nairobi: his father is dead. This sudden news inspires an emot...

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reflective 87%
inspiring 62%
informative 55%
emotional 46%
hopeful 42%
challenging 11%
funny 11%
adventurous 7%
sad 4%
dark 2%
lighthearted 2%
relaxing 2%

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fast 4%

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