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The Obamas Jodi Kantor

The Obamas By Jodi Kantor

The Obamas by Jodi Kantor

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When Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election, he also won a long-running debate with his wife Michelle. This title takes us inside the White House as they grapple with their new roles, change the country, raise children, maintain friendships, and figure out what it means to be President and First Lady.

The Obamas Summary

The Obamas: A Mission, A Marriage by Jodi Kantor

'The fullest picture of this presidency yet' Daily Telegraph

'Kantor digs for detail and strikes gold' The Times

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, the New York Times journalist Jodi Kantor takes us deep inside the White House as they grapple with their new roles, change the country, raise children, maintain friendships, and figure out what it means to be President and First Lady.

The Obamas Reviews

Illuminating ... For those who wonder how they do it - here's how -- Amanda Foreman
Lurid and irresistable -- David Remnick * The New Yorker *
This book is one of the first to give us a sense what the reasons were for the stumbles, the drift, the malaise that many of his own supporters believe has hung over Barack Obama since the day he came to power -- Justin Webb * The Observer *
In lesser hands The Obamas would be an act of astonishing overreach, but Ms. Kantor has earned the voice of authority. A meticulous reporter, Ms. Kantor is attuned to the nuance of small gestures, the import of unspoken truths. The Obamas is full of gossipy tidbits that fuel a narrative about their marriage and how it has shaped the presidency -- Connie Schultz * The New York Times *
Jodi Kantor's book, The Obamas: A Mission, A Marriage, is a stylish examination of the complexities and tensions within the presidential marriage * Evening Standard *
Laboriously researched and thoughtfully written...Kantor digs for detail and strikes gold -- Giles Whitell * The Times *
Kantor interviewed some 200 aides and officials, friends and relatives to give us the fullest picture of this presidency yet -- Kate Figes * The Telegraph *
Kantor reveals the conflict between maintaining a public and private life, and the overwhelming sense of confinement inside the White House -- Christina Lamb * Sunday Times *
When you're president and first lady of the United States of America, the personal is the political...That is as it should be. That is what actually happens in the White House. And Kantor's book is one of the best portraits yet of the arguments in this particular White House -- Ezra Klein * The New York Times *

About Jodi Kantor

Jodi Kantor began her journalism career by dropping out of Harvard Law School to join Slate.com in 1998. Four years later, she became the youngest section editor of the New York Times, taking over and revamping the Arts & Leisure section. She began covering the Obamas for the paper in 2007, writing front-page stories that chronicled their biographies and philosophies, and also writing about Hilary Clinton, Sarah Palin and other major political figures along the way. She is a recipient of the Columbia Young Alumni Achievement Award, she was chosen by Crain's Magazine as one of 40 Under 40 New Yorkers, and she appears regularly on American television, including Today and the Charlie Rose Show.

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GOR004547655
9780241958186
0241958180
The Obamas: A Mission, A Marriage by Jodi Kantor
Jodi Kantor
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Penguin Books Ltd
20120802
384
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