The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream - Softcover

You can sense instinctively why Obama invites devotion. -- Peter Preston * * Observer * * ...offers readers on this side of the Atlantic a window not just into the mind of one of America's most exciting politicians, but into the political landscope of the post-Bush era . . . -- David Lammy * * Guardian * * At a time when America's standing in the world has sunk to unprecedented depths... his book aims at a missile of decency at the White House. -- Nicolas Shakespeare * * Telegraph * * It conveys a rare frankness and humility. The Audacity of Hope is light years ahead of his rivals -- Mary Fitzgerald * * New Statesman * * ...a model of how a political book for a mass market ought to be written. * * Guardian * * An essential book for anyone who would like to know about what the man, who could well be the next president of the United States, in thinking. -- Alice Oswald * * Insight * *

Barack Obama's success in becoming President-Elect of the United States means he will dramatically change the face that his country presents to the world. In this bestselling book Obama discusses the importance of empathy in politics, his hopes for a different America with different policies, and how the ideals of its democracy can be renewed. With intimacy and self-deprecating humour, Obama describes his experiences as a politician, about balancing his family life and his public vocation. His search for consensus and his respect for the democratic process inform every sentence. A senator and a lawyer, a professor and a father,a Christian and a sceptic, Barack Obama has written a book of transforming power that will inspire people the world over.