{"id":92,"date":"2018-10-29T04:47:14","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T04:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dajuroka.com\/blog\/?page_id=92"},"modified":"2018-10-29T04:47:14","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T04:47:14","slug":"2017-obamas-book-list","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.dajuroka.com\/blog\/?page_id=92","title":{"rendered":"2017 – Obama’s Book List"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is 10 of President Obama’s Book List for 2017.
\nThe links will take you to Goodreads for more details if it has not yet been reviewed on ZimplyBooks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Power<\/a><\/td>\nEvicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City<\/a><\/td>\nJanesville<\/a><\/td>\nExit West<\/a><\/td>\nGrant<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"The<\/td>\n\"Evicted:<\/td>\n\"Janesville\"<\/td>\n\"Exit<\/td>\n\"Grant\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
Five-Carat Soul<\/a><\/td>\nSing, Unburied, Sing<\/a><\/td>\nDying: A Memoir<\/a><\/td>\nA Gentleman in Moscow<\/a><\/td>\nSing, Unburied, Sing<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Five-Carat<\/td>\n\"Sing,<\/td>\n\"Dying:<\/td>\n\"A<\/td>\n\"Sing,<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

1. The Power by Naomi Alderman
\n2017 was full of revelations about the ugly things that can happen when men hold positions of power over women. But what if it was the other way around? This work of speculative fiction imagines a universe where girls are granted a strange new power that allows them to turn the tables on men. “The novel is constructed as a big, brash, page-turning, drug-running, globetrotting thriller,” writes The Guardian’s Justine Jordan. “But it’s also endlessly nuanced and thought-provoking.”<\/p>\n

2. Grant by Ron Chernow
\n“This is a good time for Ron Chernow’s fine biography of Ulysses S. Grant to appear,” wrote Bill Clinton in the New York Times Book Review. “As Americans continue the struggle to defend justice and equality in our tumultuous and divisive era, we need to know what Grant did when our country’s very existence hung in the balance. If we still believe in forming a more perfect union, his steady and courageous example is more valuable than ever.”<\/p>\n

3. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
\nA heart-rending look at the shockingly common experience of eviction among the poor in Milwaukee (and across the country), this book also won praise from Bill Gates (whose foundation is now supporting the author’s research).<\/p>\n

4. Janesville: An American Story by Amy Goldstein
\nDubbed the best business book of the year last year by The Financial Times and McKinsey, this one by a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist looks at what happened to Janesville, Wisconsin when a General Motors factory that had been operating in the town for 85 years closed.<\/p>\n

5. Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
\nA frequent flyer on 2017 best books lists and a Booker Prize finalist, this novel by the celebrated Pakistani writer updates the classic girl-meets-boy story for our troubled times, following along as characters Saeed and Nadia flee an unnamed war-ravaged country to become refugees first in Europe and then the U.S.<\/p>\n

6. Five-Carat Soul by James McBride
\nThis collection of short stories by a National Book Award-winning writer, “feature telepathic zoo animals, a zealous toy collector and an eavesdropping Abraham Lincoln,” reports the FT. Other commentators agree it’s a whole lot of fun, while still managing to be moving and insightful.<\/p>\n

7. Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout
\n“An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss in this new work of fiction by number one bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout,” explains Amazon.<\/p>\n

8. Dying: A Memoir by Cory Taylor
\nAs much as we may like to ignore the fact, one day we’ll all face the urgent question at the center of this memoir – how to die well. No, this book won’t offer you many chuckles, but it might help readers break through our culture’s unhelpful silence around our inevitable end and think through how to go about the final chapter of life with some dignity.<\/p>\n

9. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
\nThis one is a novel set in the early days of the Soviet Union about a man who is ordered to live out his life in the luxurious confines of Moscow’s Metropol hotel. Called stylish, elegant and charming by reviewers, the book “buzzes with the energy of numerous adventures, love affairs, twists of fate and silly antics,” raves the Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n

10. Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
\nPart road novel, part ghost story, this National Book Award winner set in rural Mississippi follows a troubled mother and her two children as they drive to pick up the children’s father from prison. “Sing, Unburied, Sing journeys through Mississippi’s past and present, examining the ugly truths at the heart of the American story and the power–and limitations–of family bonds,” notes Amazon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here is 10 of President Obama’s Book List for 2017. The links will take you to Goodreads for more details if it has not yet been reviewed on ZimplyBooks. The Power Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City Janesville Exit West Grant Five-Carat Soul Sing, Unburied, Sing Dying: A Memoir A Gentleman in Moscow … Continue reading 2017 – Obama’s Book List<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":74,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"amazonpipp_noncename":"","amazon-product-isactive":"","amazon-product-single-asin":"","amazon-product-content-location":"1","amazon-product-content-hook-override":"3","amazon-product-excerpt-hook-override":"3","amazon-product-singular-only":"","amazon-product-amazon-desc":"","amazon-product-show-gallery":"","amazon-product-show-features":"","amazon-product-newwindow":"3","amazon-product-show-list-price":"","amazon-product-show-used-price":"","amazon-product-show-saved-amt":"","amazon-product-timestamp":"","amazon-product-new-title":"","amazon-product-use-cartURL":"","amazon_featured_post_meta_key":"","_amazon_featured_alt":"","amazon-product-template":"","spay_email":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PaoL7Z-1u","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":74,"url":"http:\/\/www.dajuroka.com\/blog\/?page_id=74","url_meta":{"origin":92,"position":0},"title":"Tree on a Footpath","date":"October 29, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"What a great name - Tree on a Footpath! 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