The first volume of Barack Obama ‘s long anticipated presidential memoir – A Promised Land – although only released at the tail-end of the year, has already snuck into many of the year’s reading lists, including The New York Times.
The best kinds of memoirs inspire, offering stories of extraordinary people no matter their story, undercut with a vein of humility and above all humanity. Barack Obama’s presidential memoir does just that, offering a sharp, acerbic prose that offers a peek behind the curtain at the cast of characters that call the White House ‘work.’ The book is studded with relatable stories – both at the family dinner table and at work on Air Force One – that make it immensely readable.
Obama’s elegant writing style invites us not just into the workings of The White House but his own thought process as he made key decisions – from his handling of the financial crisis to his decision to authorise a raid to take down Osama Bin Laden. What sets this memoir apart though is his ability to critique his own decisions, the book is both deeply introspective and humble yet stunningly confident. The first volume begins well before his presidential campaign and ends in 2011, just after the death of Osama Bin Laden.
A Promised Land by Barack Obama is available now here.
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