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Homeland : an extraordinary story of hope and survival

Title
Homeland : an extraordinary story of hope and survival / George Hussein Obama with Damien Lewis.
ISBN
9781439176177
1439176175
9781439176207 (ebk.)
1439176205 (ebk.)
Edition
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2010.
Physical Description
1 online resource
Summary
The remarkable memoir of George Obama, President Obama's Kenyan half brother, who found the inspiration to strive for his goal--to better the lives of his own people--in his elder brother's example. The father they shared died when George was six months old. George was a star pupil at a top boarding school, but after his mother and stepfather separated when he was fifteen, his life crashed and burned. He dropped out of school and soon gravitated to Nairobi's vast ghetto, where he discovered a special affinity with the slum kids, whom he helped survive amid grinding poverty and despair. In 2006, George met his older half brother, then-U.S. senator Barack Obama, for the first time since he was five. He was inspired by his older brother's example to try to change the lives of his people, the ghetto-dwellers, for the better.--From publisher description.
Variant and related titles
Internet Archive collection.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 07, 2020
Contents
The beginning
The last son
Our father
Mudfish madness
For Jennifer
In the shadow of Mount Kenya
The drinking den
No second chance
The gulf between us
Dagoretti high
Crash and burn
They call me the Mamba
In the ghetto
The hood
Gangland
Imprisoned
Absolute zero
Survivor
The awakening
From the streets
The brotherhood
Barack, my brother
Slaying the shame
Epilogue
Afterword.
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