'Dreams from My Father' by Barack Obama

Wow. First, I feel honored that our president is so well spoken and genuinely involved in the struggles of the middle and lower classes, not only in our country, but through out the world. 'Dreams from My Father' takes the reader through Obama's early life up to his moments of self-discovery while visiting his distant family in Kenya. We are walked through his unique and storied childhood from the days in Asia with his mother and his play with the poorest of the worlds children, into his education and teenage angst in Hawaii, passing through is stereotypical years of self-identification in a California college to his days of civic organizing in Chicago. Finally, Obama travels to Kenya to trace his roots and learn more about the legacy his father left behind. This journey is well crafted, insightful and inspirational. Not all citizens of America have such a deep and poetic story behind their antecedents but we all have a need for tracing the hopes, dreams and accomplishments of our lineage. This book truly opened my eyes to the growth undertaken and the struggles that motivate our president. I have more respect and understanding of where he is trying to lead our country after learning about the conversations he's had, the moments of revelation he's experienced and the struggle of identity he's overcome. I hope I will come in contact with his second book 'The Audacity of Hope'. I can only imagine the beautiful picture he describes in his unique, well framed manner. Good Job Obama!