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In this captivating memoir for young people, looking back with candor and affection, Condoleezza Rice evokes in rich detail her remarkable childhood.
Her life began in the comparatively placid 1950s in Birmingham, Alabama, where black people lived in a segregated parallel universe to their white neighbors. She grew up during the violent and shocking 1960s, when bloodshed became a part of daily life in the South. Rice’s portrait of her parents, John and Angelena, highlights their ambitions and frustrations and shows how much they sacrificed to give their beloved only child the best chance for success. Rice also discusses the challenges of being a precocious child who was passionate about music, ice skating, history, and current affairs. Her memoir reveals with vivid clarity how her early experiences sowed the seeds of her political beliefs and helped her become a vibrant, successful woman.
Condoleezza Rice: A Memoir of My Extraordinary, Ordinary Parents and Me is a fascinating and inspirational story for young people.
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Her life began in the comparatively placid 1950s in Birmingham, Alabama, where black people lived in a segregated parallel universe to their white neighbors. She grew up during the violent and shocking 1960s, when bloodshed became a part of daily life in the South. Rice’s portrait of her parents, John and Angelena, highlights their ambitions and frustrations and shows how much they sacrificed to give their beloved only child the best chance for success. Rice also discusses the challenges of being a precocious child who was passionate about music, ice skating, history, and current affairs. Her memoir reveals with vivid clarity how her early experiences sowed the seeds of her political beliefs and helped her become a vibrant, successful woman.
Condoleezza Rice: A Memoir of My Extraordinary, Ordinary Parents and Me is a fascinating and inspirational story for young people.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Condoleezza Rice writes about her life up to the point where she became the Ntional Security Advisor to President G W Bush. Many historians will be disappointed that she did not take her autobiography beyond this point. However, she has given us a detailed account about her early life and attitudes. Many of the great and the good avoid doing that, preferring to concentrate on their time in office, so this book is unusual. Paying homage not only to her parents but to her grandparents and others as well, she also describes what it was like to be growing up in a black neighbourhood in the 1960s. Living through the the civil rights troubles, she followed advice to be twice as good to succeed in the wider world by studying hard. Her dedication to music and the piano in particular is also explained, along with her love of watching sport. She describes the sacrifices her family made for her, the challenges and decisions she faced and her mistakes and faults with a refreshing frankness. But then, she always appeared to this reviewer to be the most self-effacing yet technically competent Secretary of State when she held that post (not covered in this book). If you are interested in recent history or social mobility, then you will probably read this more than once.
0 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This looks like a good book for my mothers Xmas. It also arrived well within the dates they gave me. Thanx and she should enjoy it as its a non fiction account of the American political system.
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An Inspiring Story, Beautifully Told
12 Oct 2010
Format:Hardcover
How do you raise someone to not only succeed against daunting odds, but to do so with grace and poise? How do you raise a person of character, someone who combines authority and confidence with a winsome personal humility?
Condoleezza Rice has penned a candid, revealing look at the origins of her personal journey. Here is a woman of great accomplishment who is also relaxed and open about her frailties, her struggles and her doubts. The story itself is remarkable, yet what shines in these pages is the author's ease and capacity in telling it. This is a well-crafted work, written by someone who clearly loves to read.
One need not be Republican, or female, or a Stanford alum in order to value this impressive new book. One need only be a citizen of the world in this 21st century --- a world illuminated by policies and strategies shaped in part by this remarkable Secretary of State (among her other high-ranking offices).
An inspiring story, beautifully told!
Dr. David Frisbie
The Center for Marriage & Family Studies
Del Mar, California
Condoleezza Rice has penned a candid, revealing look at the origins of her personal journey. Here is a woman of great accomplishment who is also relaxed and open about her frailties, her struggles and her doubts. The story itself is remarkable, yet what shines in these pages is the author's ease and capacity in telling it. This is a well-crafted work, written by someone who clearly loves to read.
One need not be Republican, or female, or a Stanford alum in order to value this impressive new book. One need only be a citizen of the world in this 21st century --- a world illuminated by policies and strategies shaped in part by this remarkable Secretary of State (among her other high-ranking offices).
An inspiring story, beautifully told!
Dr. David Frisbie
The Center for Marriage & Family Studies
Del Mar, California
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
"Growing Up Black In A Segregated America".
20 Oct 2010
Format:Hardcover
This is a children's version of Condoleeza Rice's memoir & is titled, "A Memoir of My Extraordinary, Ordinary Family And Me". It's a rather candid, well written and inspirational memoir on the life & difficulties of growing up black in a highly racially charged America's Deep South in the 50s & 60s. She was the only child to her parents (mother who was a teacher & father, a minister & later college administrator). Her parents were highly dedicated & knew/emphasized the importance of education in uplifting Condoleeza Rice in achieving greats in her life despite the odds. She was a child piano prodigy, excelled academically in school, even skipping grades. She is the first black female US Secretary of State (Colin Powell being the first black male US Secretary of State). She wad appointed National Security Advisor 8 months before 9/11. Despite her glowing achievements, she did struggle with procrastination & in figure skating.
This memoir is the first of two volumes, describing her personal life journey & the second will describe her political life. A highly personal, inspirational book on how a dedicated family would manage to rise up despite challenges they faced & emphasizes the importance of good quality education in society. A highly recommended reading!
This memoir is the first of two volumes, describing her personal life journey & the second will describe her political life. A highly personal, inspirational book on how a dedicated family would manage to rise up despite challenges they faced & emphasizes the importance of good quality education in society. A highly recommended reading!
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Meteoric Rise of a Superstar
7 Nov 2010
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Condoleezza Rice portrays in this wonderful and well written book the lives of her parents,Rev.John and Angelena Rice.It is quiet evident that they were the wind beneath her wing as she soared to the glorious heights of earthly power.The book begins with her birth Nov.14,1954 in Alabama and proceeds towards a life of identifying,cultivating and enjoying the finer things in life.The values of a good education,committed life to the Lordship of Jesus Christ and the talent of mastering piano at a very young age,were instilled in her by her parents who were dedicated to raising a good and upstanding young lady.These were done against the gigantic challenges of race relation namely;segregation in the south.Ms.Rice's accomplishment despite these challenges is a testament to the character and wisdom of John and Angelena Rice.Racism is a human deformity that will continue to stalk us in our earthly existence.The way to navigate through these rough waters is succintly delineated in a powerful line in the book;sometimes we cannot control the circumstances that come our way but we sure can control our responses to them.Condoleezza's achievements at this stage in her life is quiet remarkable considering her relatively young age.One marvels given what she had to overcome;the segregation of her upbringing,a black person and a woman in a stratified society.A wonderful read,highly recommended.
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