The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

“Religious or secular, black, white, or brown, we sense – correctly – that the nation’s most significant challenges are being ignored …Perhaps more than any other time in our recent history, we need a new kind of politics, one that can excavate and build upon those shared understandings that pull us together as Americans.”

In winning the presidency of the United States, Barack Obama has already made history but he will also dramatically change the face that his country presents to the world.

In this bestselling book he describes the importance of empathy in politics, his hopes for a different America with different policies, and how the ideals of its democracy can be renewed.

Barack Obama writes with intimacy and self-deprecating humour about balancing his family life and his public vocation. His search for consensus and his respect for the democratic process inform every sentence he writes.