"[I]n New York ... Barack Obama learns that his father--a figure he knows more as a myth than as a man--has been killed in a car accident. This s

In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable mean

Documents the author's genealogical search after his estranged father's death, taking him from rural Kansas to Kenya to discover his African and

In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable mean

Now adapted for young adults, the #1 New York times best-selling memoir offers an intimate look at Barack Obama's early days, tracing the future

"[I]n New York ... Barack Obama learns that his father--a figure he knows more as a myth than as a man--has been killed in a car accident. This s

In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable mean

Many black Americans have light skin. Using vivid and varied personal experiences, Judy Scales-Trent describes what it is like to be a "white" bl