简介：Themostpowerfulmanintheworldsaysheoweseverythingtohismother,StanleyAnnDunham,themotherofPresidentBarackObama.Shewasanextraordinaryandcharismaticwoman,wholivedafulllife,movinghalfwayaroundtheworld,yetremainingatrueAmericanbothparticipatinginmakingabetterworldandobservingitwithintelligenteyes.StanleyAnn'spersonalandpubliclifemirrored(andoftenpresaged)theimportantpolitical,culturalandsocialchangesofhertime.FromtheColdWarfears,totheCivilRightsmovement,FeminismandtheUnitedStates'presenceabroad,AnnDunham'sjourneyfromasmalltowninKansastotheremotevillagesofIndonesia,taughtherwhatittrulymeanstobeanAmerican.…