A Singular Woman

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ISBN: 9781594485596

The Untold Story of Barack Obama's Mother

Janny Scott

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Riverhead Books
01 May 2012

Biography; Biography: general

The New York Times bestseller-an unprecedented look into

the life and character of the woman who raised a president. Barack Obama has written extensively about his father but credited

his mother for ""what is best in me."" Still, little is known about this

fiercely independent, spirited woman who raised the man who became the

first biracial president of the United States. This book is that story.

In A Singular Woman, award-winning New York Times

reporter Janny Scott tells the story of this unique woman, Stanley Ann

Dunham, who broke many of the rules of her time, and shows how her

fierce example helped influence the future president-and can serve as

an inspiration to us all.

By: Janny Scott
Imprint: Riverhead Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 209mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 342g
ISBN: 9781594485596
ISBN 10: 1594485593
Pages: 388
Publication Date: 01 May 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama's Mother

Even Obama knew that he had not his extraordinary mother justice. Janny Scott . . . does. She portrays Dunham as a feminist, an utterly independent spirit, a cultural anthropologies, and an international development officer who surely helped shape the internationalist, post-Vietnam-era world view of her son. Scott's book is tirelessly researched, and the sections covering Dunham's life in Indonesia especially are new and valuable to the accumulating biography of Obama's extended global family. - The New Yorker An ambitious new biography. . . . Scott pursues a more perplexing and elusive figure than the one Obama pieced together in his own books. - The New York Times Book Review The restrained, straight-ahead focus-rather in the spirit, it turns out, of Dunham herself-pays off. By recovering Obama's mother from obscurity, A Singular Woman adds in a meaningful way to an understanding of a singular president. - Slate The key to understanding th