I haven't read "Dreams from My Father" and doubt that I will. It's not that I don't have an interest in the subject, I just don't read many books (crazy huh?).Oh, well.
I missed this article when it originally ran iin the Washington Post in August but just read it yesterday. The focus is mainly on Obama's mother and on his days in Hawaii.
If you have an interest in Obama's past, it's an excellent article.
A brief excerpt...
On Feb. 2, 1961, against Madelyn's hopes, and against the desires of Obama's father back in Kenya, Ann and Obama hopped a plane to Maui and got married. No guests, not even family members, were there. Barack Hussein Obama Jr. was born six months later in Honolulu.
Ann, the earnest student, dropped out of school to take care of him. Her husband finished his degree, graduating in June 1962, after three years in Hawaii, as a Phi Beta Kappa straight-A student. Then, before the month was out, he took off, leaving behind his still-teenage wife and namesake child. He did not return for 10 years, and then only briefly.
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