The Obamas
Autor Jodi Kantoren Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 aug 2012
When Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election, he also won a long-running debate with Michelle. Contrary to her fears, politics now seemed like a worthwhile, even noble pursuit. Together they exuded promise and possibility and planned a White House that would be as normal and sane as possible.
Then inauguration came.
Jodi Kantor takes us inside the White House as Michelle and Barack Obama begin their transformation into President and First Lady. Filled with insight, surprising behind-the-scenes detail, and stories that never made headlines, it is a revelatory story of personal history on the political stage.
With a new preface surveying their post-White House future, Jodi Kantor'sThe Obamasilluminates the extraordinary partnership behind a historic presidency.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316098762
ISBN-10: 0316098760
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Back Bay Books
ISBN-10: 0316098760
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Back Bay Books
Notă biografică
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
Arts
&
Leisure
editor
of
theNew
York
Times.
She
has
been
covering
the
Obamas
since
2007,
and
though
she
is
a
Washington
correspondent
for
the
newspaper,
she
lives
in
Brooklyn
with
her
family.
Jodi's
reporting
with
Meghan
Twohey
on
Harvey
Weinstein
won
the
Pulitzer
Prize
for
Public
Service.
She
can
be
followed
attwitter.com/jodikantor.
Recenzii
"'The
strengths
and
challenges
of
our
marriage
don't
change
because
we
move
to
a
different
address,'
Michelle
Obama
told
Jodi
Kantor
early
on.
How
though
did
those
strengths
and
challenges
evolve
in
the
White
House?
What
did
they
signal
to
the
rest
of
the
country
and,
how
did
they
shape
policy?
An
intimate,
arresting
view
of
a
formidable
couple
and,
especially,
of
a
transformative
First
Lady,
one
who
may
have
taught
us
more
than
we
yet
realize."
—Stacy Schiff, author of The Witches
"A meticulous reporter, Kantor is attuned to the nuance of small gestures, the import of unspoken truths. She knows that every strong marriage, including the one now in the White House, has its complexities and disappointments. Kantor also--and this is a key--has a high regard for women, which is why hers is the first book about the Obama presidency to give Michelle Obama her due. In the process we learn a great deal about the talented and introverted loner who married her, and how his wife has influenced him as a president...Kantor retires wooden stereotypes of the political wife as prop or a problem and instead explores what it means to be a modern first lady, one with her own opinions and an expectation that she will be heard."
—Connie Schultz, New York Times
"The Obamasis among the very best books on this White House. It's a serious, thoughtful book on the modern presidency in general."
—Ezra Klein
"Energetically reported.... Kantor nails her story.... We political gluttons will lick the spoon clean."
—David Remnick, The New Yorker
"A portrait of a remarkable marriage.... Kantor's writing is insightful and evocative, rich with detail...[and her] reporting rings true--and considering the administration's insistence on presenting a unified front, it is a considerable achievement."
—Kerry Luft, Chicago Tribune
—Stacy Schiff, author of The Witches
"A meticulous reporter, Kantor is attuned to the nuance of small gestures, the import of unspoken truths. She knows that every strong marriage, including the one now in the White House, has its complexities and disappointments. Kantor also--and this is a key--has a high regard for women, which is why hers is the first book about the Obama presidency to give Michelle Obama her due. In the process we learn a great deal about the talented and introverted loner who married her, and how his wife has influenced him as a president...Kantor retires wooden stereotypes of the political wife as prop or a problem and instead explores what it means to be a modern first lady, one with her own opinions and an expectation that she will be heard."
—Connie Schultz, New York Times
"The Obamasis among the very best books on this White House. It's a serious, thoughtful book on the modern presidency in general."
—Ezra Klein
"Energetically reported.... Kantor nails her story.... We political gluttons will lick the spoon clean."
—David Remnick, The New Yorker
"A portrait of a remarkable marriage.... Kantor's writing is insightful and evocative, rich with detail...[and her] reporting rings true--and considering the administration's insistence on presenting a unified front, it is a considerable achievement."
—Kerry Luft, Chicago Tribune