{"product_id":"rising-star-9780062641847","title":"Rising Star","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRising Star\u003c\/em\u003e is the definitive account of Barack Obama''s formative years that made him the man who became the forty-fourth president of the United States\u003c\/strong\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003efrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eBearing the Cross\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarack Obama''s speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention instantly catapulted him into the national spotlight and led to his election four years later as America''s first African-American president. In this penetrating biography, David J. Garrow delivers an epic work about the life of Barack Obama, creating a rich tapestry of a life little understood, until now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRising Star: The Making of Barack Obama \u003c\/em\u003ecaptivatingly describes Barack Obama''s tumultuous upbringing as a young black man attending an almost-all-white, elite private school in Honolulu while being raised almost exclusively by his white grandparents. After recounting Oba\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524138213719,"sku":"9780062641847","price":33.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780062641847.jpg?v=1731855611","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rising-star-9780062641847","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}