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    The Obamas

    Written by Jodi Kantor

    Narrated by Robin Miles

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    About this audiobook

    When Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election, he also won a long-running debate with his wife Michelle. Contrary to her fears, politics now seemed like a worthwhile, even noble pursuit. Together they planned a White House life that would be as normal and sane as possible.

    Then they moved in.

    In the Obamas, Jodi Kantor takes us deep inside the White House as they try to grapple with their new roles, change the country, raise children, maintain friendships, and figure out what it means to be the first black President and First Lady. Filled with riveting detail and insight into their partnership, emotions and personalities, and written with a keen eye for the ironies of public life, THE OBAMAS is an intimate portrait that will surprise even readers who thought they knew the President and First Lady.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHachette Audio
    Release dateJan 10, 2012
    ISBN9781611139747
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    • 3/5
      I enjoyed the content of this book. It was nice to hear stories from the President's personal life without being weighted down in politics. Also - interesting to hear about Barack and MIchelle's vision for leading the country and in the end how their roles ended up reversing. The last chapter was very well written, unlike the rest of book. I struggled with the beginning of the book, because the writer jumped from thought to thought without smooth transition and it was sometimes hard to follow what or who she was discussing. One sentence that really stood out to me on page 40 "When he died in 1991 after mysteriously collapsing, Marion and her children had to make the decision to take him off life support." If someone is already dead, then why would you need to remove the life support? I would have given a higher rating if the sentences and grammar had been easier to follow, particularly in the beginning of the book.
    • 3/5
      Good insight into the private lives of the POTUS and his wife, seems a bit stretched and sometimes repetitive but it would be nice if more people were aware of them as people and of the dreams and hopes they have for the nation.
    • 5/5
      I thought this was a very even-handed book. It did add a lot of nuance to the stories I'd read in the papers. I'm already sympathetic to anyone living a public life for the public good, but this book and the view into the incredible changes they'd dealt with as a family gave me even more compassion. They don't have easy jobs and they truly have the best interests at heart -- even though their ways going about those interests may have been mistaken or mis-stepped. This was an important book for me to read, not only because of my interest in the first family, but also because of my interest in public policy, public leadership, and leadership in general. Very informative.
    • 4/5
      I really enjoyed this book. Even though most of it wasn't new, it added depth and nuance to the news stories and portraits of the Obamas I had already read. They came across as human beings, warts and all, which is why I guess the White House was a bit strident against it. She's a much stronger figure than I had thought (another reason for White House displeasure, since the masses don't tend to like strong women, particularly in the White House), and the clarity of her insight is a real asset to Obama.
    • 4/5
      Most of the stories you know if you read the newspapers but I was interested in the nuances into obama's personality as well as that of michelle. The impact of obama's lack of experience is alarming. His failure to interact with the Republican elite made him unable to fulfill his promise of bipartisanship. His need for control and the consequent inability to delegate is a glaring problem. Her dislike of whites is scary. I don't think that is true of him but all there close friends are blacks His distrust of Congress-her distrust is even stronger-has been an impediment to his success. His hatred of politics and his insistence that he is not a politician is naive. His belief in his being transformational and exceptional is close to bullsh*t. America is not exceptional but he is in his and her view. It is now clear that he is a campaigner but not an executive or leader. He had no experience of significance so this shouldn't be a surprise.