The mythical America…that marvellous, heroic, sentimental land-was an object of faith. It challenged you to make the believer’s leap over the rude facts at your feet.
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'Dreams From My Father' reveals more about Obama than is usually known about political leaders until after they're dead. Perhaps more than it intends, it shows his mind working, in real time, sentence by sentence, in what feels like a private audience with the reader.
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