{"product_id":"to-obama-with-love-joy-anger-and-hope-paperback","title":"To Obama: With Love, Joy, Anger, and Hope - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeanne Marie Laskas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An insightful study of a president who listened to even his harshest critics with grace and humility.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eGLAMOUR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Every evening for eight years, at his request, President Obama was given ten handpicked letters written by ordinary American citizens--the unfiltered voice of a nation--from his Office of Presidential Correspondence. He was the first president to interact daily with constituent mail and to archive it in its entirety. The letters affected not only the president and his policies but also the deeply committed people who were tasked with opening and reading the millions of pleas, rants, thank-yous, and apologies that landed in the White House mailroom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eTo Obama, \u003c\/i\u003eJeanne Marie Laskas interviews President Obama, the letter writers themselves, and the White House staff who sifted through the powerful, moving, and incredibly intimate narrative of America during the Obama years: There is Kelli, who saw her grandfathers finally marry--legally--after thirty-five years together; Bill, a lifelong Republican whose attitude toward immigration reform was transformed when he met a boy escaping MS-13 gang leaders in El Salvador; Heba, a Syrian refugee who wants to forget the day the tanks rolled into her village; Marjorie, who grappled with disturbing feelings of racial bias lurking within her during the George Zimmerman trial; and Vicki, whose family was torn apart by those who voted for Trump and those who did not. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e They wrote to Obama out of gratitude and desperation, in their darkest times of need, in search of connection. They wrote with anger, fear, and respect. And together, this chorus of voices achieves a kind of beautiful harmony. \u003ci\u003eTo Obama\u003c\/i\u003e is an intimate look at one man's relationship to the American people, and at a time when empathy intersected with politics in the White House. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eTo Obama\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"I cried several times.\"\u003cb\u003e--Pete Souza\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Beautifully researched and written . . . A moving and inevitably nostalgic or even elegiac read, redolent of the human grace and statesmanship of the Obama presidency.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"These stories, when you read them all together, tell the American story. They're inspirational, they're frustrating, they're angry, they're grateful, they're resilient.\"\u003cb\u003e--Valerie Jarrett\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeanne Marie Laskas \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of eight books, including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eConcussion\u003c\/i\u003e, the basis for the 2015 Golden Globe-nominated film starring Will Smith. She is a contributing writer at \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, a correspondent at \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e, and a two-time National Magazine Award finalist. Her stories have also appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e. She serves as Distinguished Professor of English and founding director of the Center for Creativity at the University of Pittsburgh, and lives on a farm in Pennsylvania with her husband and two children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 03, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53940330692941,"sku":"9780525509394","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/Q2Y4TU5oR2xzRG1VUCtxUitvOXBqQT09.webp?v=1779181347","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/to-obama-with-love-joy-anger-and-hope-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}