Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama

As I finished this book on the tube, reading about a young man sitting weeping between the graves of his father and grandfather, elsewhere in the world, that same young man, slightly older now, was being sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America.

I am glad that I read this book; I am glad that the young man who wrote it was elected back in November and is now in the White House. Barack Obama's public life makes sense, reading about his early private life. When his Kenyan family are mentioned in the news, they conjure up the images from the book, and I feel as if I almost know them.

I would highly recommend this book, to anyone who enjoys autobiographies, and to anyone who wants to know more about the "most powerful man in the world".