The Riddle of Barack Obama: A Psychobiography (Hardcover)

Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. "Gramps" and "Toot" 2. A Girl Named Stanley 3. A Paternal Grandfather Named "The Terror" 4. A Narcissistic and Self-Destructive Father 5. The Fatherless Child and His Unhappy Mother 6. A Stepfather from Indonesia 7. Protecting His Mother 8. Adolescence and the Quest for Identity 9. In His Father's Footsteps 10. Name Change and Identity Struggle 11. The Community as Family 12. Outdoing His Father 13. Michelle: Mentor, Lover, Wife, and Mother 14. Marriage: The New Family 15. Fatherhood and Politics 16. A Humiliating Defeat 17. Fierce Ambitions 18. The Audacity of Ambition 19. Abandoning Another "Bad Father" 20. Obama's Charisma 21. Repairing "Mother America" 22. A Happy Conclusion References Index