‘A Promised Land’By Barack Obamac.2020, Crown$45/768 pages Most memoirs of politicians are pablum — ghost-written snooze-inducers.
At best, good door-stops. “A Promised Land,” former President Barack Obama’s new memoir, breaks that mold. Though it’s over 700 pages, you won’t be tempted to turn away from this, by turns, measured, moving, detailed, witty, and self-aware volume.
The memoir, narrated by Obama, is a great listen (29 hours, 10 minutes) on Audible. Unlike most politicos, Obama can write! Many of us ink-stained wretches would give anything to have his writing chops.
Obama’s first book, “Dreams from My Father,” Obama’s critically acclaimed 1995 coming-of-age memoir, came out years before he was a player on the national political
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