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Obama, Barack,

Dreams from my father : a story of race and inheritance / Barack Obama. - Canons edition. - Edinburgh : Canongate, 2016. - xvii, 442 pages ; 20 cm

An international bestseller which has sold over a million copies in the UK, Dreams From My Father is a refreshing, revealing portrait of a young man asking big questions about identity and belonging. The son of a black African father and a white American mother, President Obama recounts an emotional odyssey. He retraces the migration of his mother's family from Kansas to Hawaii, then to his childhood home in Indonesia. Finally he travels to Kenya, where he confronts the bitter truth of his father's life and at last reconciles his divided inheritance.

ISBN: 9781782119258 1782119256

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB6D6421 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 018038040 Uk

Subjects--Personal Names:
Obama, Barack.
Obama, Barack.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Presidents--United States--Biography.
Lawyers--United States--Biography.
African Americans--Biography.
Racially mixed people--United States--Biography.
Racism--United States.
Avocats--�Etats-Unis--Biographies.
Noirs am�ericains--Biographies.
Racisme--�Etats-Unis.
African Americans.
Lawyers.
Presidents.
Race relations.
Racially mixed people.
Racism.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Race relations.
�Etats-Unis--Relations raciales.
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biographies.

LC Class. No.: E185 / .O23 2016