What an introduction to Barack Houssein Obama, the man who would become a Community Organizer, President of atheism Harvard Law Review, Junior Senator and President of The United States. So amazed with his journey of humble beginnings living in some of the most beautiful places as Hawaii and Indonesia and from the motherland in Africa. It seems his youth prepared him by being able to relate with people from all around the world, so that when he became President he was ready. Such a great and informing read. I enjoyed learning about the dynamics of his family on his Mother and Father’s side. Barack dealt with a lot as a child and his demeanor seemed to be steady, cool and always in thought. He’s a Thinker, Dreamer and a Doer. 🙏🏽 I am grateful to know more about our former #44 President and looking forward to reading his two other books. Thank you President Obama!!! 🇺🇸🇿🇦

So impactful, must read!

Awesome 😎 book

This story takes you to so many places in 44th’s narration!!

The tapestry of experiences that are put together to form the life of a person is truly amazing. Often we try to create a formulaic life for ourselves and others. Painting by numbers to ensure a final canvass that looks just as we want it to. Doing so, we fail to remember that the fluidity of life and its challenges are character building themselves. Barack Obama’s life is a prime example of how disrupted plans and a myriad of circumstances can take you out of your comfort zone; molding a person worth admiring. I truly respect and admire Obama’s transparency and openness about his life. In particular, I valued the way he layered the nuance that is the complex experience of being a black man in America. Especially, when half of your family is white and couldn’t even begin to understand your struggles. Obama’s early life brings so many joyful and painful memories back for me. The later later experiences that reconnected him with his family, pull firmly on nostalgic threads in my own heart. It was truly inspiring reading a memoir that reminded me so much of the first quarter of my own life, minus the celebrity.

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It's refreshingly on point and I can almost hear his voice while reading his written words. I didn't think I would enjoy this, and am quite pleasantly surprised that I did. He spoke(wrote) from the heart. Great insight into his life before he became our 44th President! Incomparable man and the epitome of decency!

This book is so good

This is Black History Month If the President of the U.S.A. wanted to write what he felt then I say the truth is like beauty (in the eyes of the beholder) I read all threw school about every Presidents in America and whatever they all was vote in, some was liked some was disliked, that life. I'm proud President Obama you were chosen,so if 100 years pass by my great grand children and their, and so fort will have Black History Month.

I have a reluctance to reading autobiographies because the difficulty of being objective about your life is present. President Barack Obama is one of the most interesting figures of our time and his ability to tell his story with criticism and clarity was inspiring to read. Knowing that this man is our Commander-in-chief fills makes me proud of our potential as a nation and hopeful of the direction we can take-if we choose to do so.