I don't know why I never picked this up before. But it feels a little surreal reading this in 2020. This was published in 1995, back when Obama was fresh from law school. It follows his childhood in Hawaii and Indonesia, and then his time in New York, Chicago, and his trip visiting his family in Kenya. Even though there were times when he struggled, every episode took on a tone of optimism. It's easy to see how he was able to unite and inspire. He had such an interesting childhood/young adulthood, and even though I knew about a lot of it, it was great to hear it in his own words read by his voice. It gave me more appreciation for Obama the person. The version I listened to played Obama's 2004 speech at the Democratic Convention as an epilogue, and it was almost too much for me. I've heard it before, but not in this last decade. It's so hopeful and inspiring - to realize we've gone from that to where we are in 2020...