
A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama's Mother
Janny Scott
Barack Obama has written extensively about his father, but little is known about Stanley Ann Dunham, the fiercely independent mother who raised him - the person he credits for what is best in him. A Singular Woman is the missing piece of the President's story.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Penguin
- Year
- 2011
- ISBN-13
- 9781594487972
- Genre
- Biography & Memoir
- Topics
- Ann DunhamBarack Obama's familyMotherhood
Awards
- PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for BiographyShortlisted(2012)
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