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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0307587878
ISBN-13
9780307587879
eBay Product ID (ePID)
81842218
Product Key Features
Book Title
Extraordinary, Ordinary People : a Memoir of Family
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Topic
General, Political, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year
2010
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
23.1 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2010-021645
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"[Features] prose so spare it lays bare a child’s pain&full of raw vignettes, episodes that should jolt our post-racial sensibilities&[The book shows that] the key to Rice's composure in office – which was a mix of womanly grace and analytical rigor – lies in the manner in which she was raised. In this, America owes a debt to John and Angelena Rice, parents extraordinarily pushy, parents extraordinarily brave." - Wall Street Journal “ Surprisingly engrossing& One senses a romantic softness at the core of the steely woman Americans met during her years of public service. Rice’s reverence of her parents is touching, as is her abiding love for the Titusville of her youth.� - Daily Beast “Pays tribute to the people who truly shaped her [and] sets the record straight on aspects of her life that often flirt with myth .� - USA Today “An origins story&teeming with fascinating detail.� - New York Times “A thrilling, inspiring life of achievement.� -Publishers Weekly “A frank, poignant and loving portrait of a family that maintained its closeness through cancer, death, career ups and downs, and turbulent change in American society.� -Booklist “Vivid and heartfelt writing& Rice's graceful memoir is a personal,multigenerational look into her own, and our country's, past& Highly recommended.� -Library Journal "Looking for a blow-by-blow account of Condoleezza Rice's years as George W. Bush's secretary of state? You would do well to find one of the many Rice biographies already on the shelves. In this remarkably clear-eyed and candid autobiography, Rice focuses instead on her fascinating coming-of-age during the stormy civil rights years in Birmingham, Alabama." - Bookpage, "[Features] prose so spare it lays bare a child's pain…full of raw vignettes, episodes that should jolt our post-racial sensibilities…[The book shows that] the key to Rice's composure in office which was a mix of womanly grace and analytical rigor lies in the manner in which she was raised. In this, America owes a debt to John and Angelena Rice, parents extraordinarily pushy, parents extraordinarily brave." -Wall Street Journal "Surprisingly engrossing…One senses a romantic softness at the core of the steely woman Americans met during her years of public service. Rice's reverence of her parents is touching, as is her abiding love for the Titusville of her youth." -Daily Beast "Pays tribute to the people who truly shaped her [and]sets the record straight on aspects of her life that often flirt with myth." -USA Today "An origins story…teeming with fascinating detail." -New York Times "A thrilling, inspiring life of achievement." -Publishers Weekly "A frank, poignant and loving portrait of a familythat maintained its closeness through cancer, death, career ups and downs, and turbulent change inAmerican society." -Booklist "Vivid and heartfelt writing…Rice's graceful memoir is a personal,multigenerational look into her own, and our country's, past…Highly recommended." -Library Journal "Looking for a blow-by-blow account of Condoleezza Rice's years as George W. Bush's secretary of state? You would do well to find one of the many Rice biographies already on the shelves. In this remarkably clear-eyed and candid autobiography, Rice focuses instead on her fascinating coming-of-age during the stormy civil rights years in Birmingham, Alabama." -Bookpage, "[Features] prose so spare it lays bare a child's pain…full of raw vignettes, episodes that should jolt our post-racial sensibilities…[The book shows that] the key to Rice's composure in office which was a mix of womanly grace and analytical rigor lies in the manner in which she was raised. In this, America owes a debt to John and Angelena Rice, parents extraordinarily pushy, parents extraordinarily brave." - Wall Street Journal " Surprisingly engrossing… One senses a romantic softness at the core of the steely woman Americans met during her years of public service. Rice's reverence of her parents is touching, as is her abiding love for the Titusville of her youth." - Daily Beast "Pays tribute to the people who truly shaped her [and] sets the record straight on aspects of her life that often flirt with myth ." - USA Today "An origins story…teeming with fascinating detail." - New York Times "A thrilling, inspiring life of achievement." -Publishers Weekly "A frank, poignant and loving portrait of a family that maintained its closeness through cancer, death, career ups and downs, and turbulent change in American society." -Booklist "Vivid and heartfelt writing… Rice's graceful memoir is a personal,multigenerational look into her own, and our country's, past… Highly recommended." -Library Journal "Looking for a blow-by-blow account of Condoleezza Rice's years as George W. Bush's secretary of state? You would do well to find one of the many Rice biographies already on the shelves. In this remarkably clear-eyed and candid autobiography, Rice focuses instead on her fascinating coming-of-age during the stormy civil rights years in Birmingham, Alabama." - Bookpage, "Surprisingly engrossing…One senses a romantic softness at the core of the steely woman Americans met during her years of public service. Rice's reverence of her parents is touching, as is her abiding love for the Titusville of her youth." -Daily Beast "Pays tribute to the people who truly shaped her [and]sets the record straight on aspects of her life that often flirt with myth." -USA Today "An origins story…teeming with fascinating detail." -New York Times "A thrilling, inspiring life of achievement." -Publishers Weekly "A frank, poignant and loving portrait of a familythat maintained its closeness through cancer, death, career ups and downs, and turbulent change inAmerican society." -Booklist "Vivid and heartfelt writing…Rice's graceful memoir is a personal,multigenerational look into her own, and our country's, past…Highly recommended." -Library Journal "Looking for a blow-by-blow account of Condoleezza Rice's years as George W. Bush's secretary of state? You would do well to find one of the many Rice biographies already on the shelves. In this remarkably clear-eyed and candid autobiography, Rice focuses instead on her fascinating coming-of-age during the stormy civil rights years in Birmingham, Alabama." -Bookpage, "[Features] prose so spare it lays bare a child's pain…full of raw vignettes, episodes that should jolt our post-racial sensibilities…[The book shows that] the key to Rice's composure in office which was a mix of womanly grace and analytical rigor lies in the manner in which she was raised. In this, America owes a debt to John and Angelena Rice, parents extraordinarily pushy, parents extraordinarily brave." - Wall Street Journal " Surprisingly engrossing… One senses a romantic softness at the core of the steely woman Americans met during her years of public service. Rice's reverence of her parents is touching, as is her abiding love for the Titusville of her youth." - Daily Beast "Pays tribute to the people who truly shaped her [and] sets the record straight on aspects of her life that often flirt with myth ." - USA Today "An origins story…teeming with fascinating detail." - New York Times "A thrilling, inspiring life of achievement." -Publishers Weekly "A frank, poignant and loving portrait of a family that maintained its closeness through cancer, death, career ups and downs, and turbulent change in American society." -Booklist "Vivid and heartfelt writing… Rice's graceful memoir is a personal,multigenerational look into her own, and our country's, past… Highly recommended." -Library Journal "In this remarkably clear-eyed and candid autobiography, Rice focuses instead on her fascinating coming-of-age during the stormy civil rights years in Birmingham, Alabama." - Bookpage, "[R]ecords a thrilling, inspiring life of achievement." -Publishers Weekly "Looking for a blow-by-blow account of Condoleezza Rice's years as George W. Bush's secretary of state? You would do well to find one of the many Rice biographies already on the shelves. In this remarkably clear-eyed and candid autobiography, Rice focuses instead on her fascinating coming-of-age during the stormy civil rights years in Birmingham, Alabama." -Bookpage
Dewey Decimal
327.730092 B
Synopsis
Condoleezza Rice has excelled as a diplomat, political scientist, and concert pianist. Her achievements run the gamut from helping to oversee the collapse of communism in Europe and the decline of the Soviet Union, to working to protect the country in the aftermath of 9-11, to becoming only the second woman - and the first black woman ever -- to serve as Secretary of State. But until she was 25 she never learned to swim. Not because she wouldn't have loved to, but because when she was a little girl in Birmingham, Alabama, Commissioner of Public Safety Bull Connor decided he'd rather shut down the city's pools than give black citizens access. Throughout the 1950's, Birmingham's black middle class largely succeeded in insulating their children from the most corrosive effects of racism, providing multiple support systems to ensure the next generation would live better than the last. But by 1963, when Rice was applying herself to her fourth grader's lessons, the situation had grown intolerable. Birmingham was an environment where blacks were expected to keep their head down and do what they were told -- or face violent consequences. That spring two bombs exploded in Rice's neighborhood amid a series of chilling Klu Klux Klan attacks. Months later, four young girls lost their lives in a particularly vicious bombing. So how was Rice able to achieve what she ultimately did? Her father, John, a minister and educator, instilled a love of sports and politics. Her mother, a teacher, developed Condoleezza's passion for piano and exposed her to the fine arts. From both, Rice learned the value of faith in the face of hardship and the importance of giving back to the community. Her parents' fierce unwillingness to set limits propelled her to the venerable halls of Stanford University, where she quickly rose through the ranks to become the university's second-in-command. An expert in Soviet and Eastern European Affairs, she played a leading role in U.S. policy as the Iron Curtain fell and the Soviet Union disintegrated. Less than a decade later, at the apex of the hotly contested 2000 presidential election, she received the exciting news - just shortly before her father's death - that she would go on to the White House as the first female National Security Advisor. As comfortable describing lighthearted family moments as she is recalling the poignancy of her mother's cancer battle and the heady challenge of going toe-to-toe with Soviet leaders, Rice holds nothing back in this remarkably candid telling. This is the story of Condoleezza Rice that has never been told, not that of an ultra-accomplished world leader, but of a little girl - and a young woman -- trying to find her place in a sometimes hostile world and of two exceptional parents, and an extended family and community, that made all the difference.
LC Classification Number
E840.8.R48A3 2010
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