Written at the age of 33, this memoir is about Barack Obama, son of a black African father and a white American mother who describes the search for meaning in his life as a black American. It begins in New York where Barack learns that his father is killed in a car accident and this incident inspires him to travel in search of his family's roots.

In this memoir written at the age of 33, Barack Obama, son of a black African father and a white American mother, describes the search for meaning in his life as a black American. He begins in New York where he learns that his father, more a myth than a man to him, has been killed in a car accident. This sudden death inspires an emotional odyssey that sees Obama travel to Kansas, Hawaii and Kenya in search of his family's roots. A memoir that rightfully belongs on the shelves alongside the autobiography of "Malcolm X", "Dreams from My Father" is an unforgettable read.