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A review by yikesbmg
To Obama: With Love, Joy, Anger, and Hope by Jeanne Marie Laskas
3.0
I bought this book for a friend’s birthday and recently borrowed it from the library to read it myself. The letters & the last chapter with Obama are the most interesting, compelling parts of the books. I was moved throughout by how tough people’s circumstances were/are and kept wondering what compelled them to write to the President of all people. You can feel the desperation of the financial and housing crisis in many letters in a way that really makes you stop and think.
This book just made me think a lot. I thought a lot about the fact that I would never in a million years write to 45. I thought (and really appreciated) a lot about how Obama’s 10 letters a day kept him tied to the populace, and that the folks in the letter office didn’t center themselves of the President in their jobs. I thought about how young the administration was and how much faith the President put in young folks to just get the job done.
I’d recommend this book anyone who is very tired of politics and wants to focus on people. I’d recommend to anyone who writes letters themselves/has a pen-pal of sorts. I wish there were more letters about hardship and a few more letters with solid criticism of the president. There are very few letters on foreign policy — I really would have liked if the author had included more of those.
This book just made me think a lot. I thought a lot about the fact that I would never in a million years write to 45. I thought (and really appreciated) a lot about how Obama’s 10 letters a day kept him tied to the populace, and that the folks in the letter office didn’t center themselves of the President in their jobs. I thought about how young the administration was and how much faith the President put in young folks to just get the job done.
I’d recommend this book anyone who is very tired of politics and wants to focus on people. I’d recommend to anyone who writes letters themselves/has a pen-pal of sorts. I wish there were more letters about hardship and a few more letters with solid criticism of the president. There are very few letters on foreign policy — I really would have liked if the author had included more of those.