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Title And then life happens : a memoir / Auma Obama ; translated by Ross Benjamin.
Author Obama, Auma, 1960-
Publication Info. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2012.
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Location Call No. Status
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  B OBAMA    Check Shelves
 Southwest  B OBAMA    Check Shelves
Edition 1st U.S. ed.
Description 342 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
Note Originally published in German in 2010 by Lübbe, under title: Das Leben kommt immer dazwischen.
Summary The half-sister of President Barack Obama describes her childhood in a remote Kenyan village and her relationships with their father, half-brother, and stepmother, tracing her cultural struggles in England before she returned to Africa to work for CARE International.
Subject Obama, Auma, 1960-
Kenya -- Biography.
Women social reformers -- Kenya -- Biography.
Women political activists -- Kenya -- Biography.
CARE/International -- Biography.
Women scholars -- Germany -- Biography.
Obama, Barack -- Family.
Brothers and sisters.
Germany -- Biography.
England -- Biography.
Added Title Leben kommt immer dazwischen. English
ISBN 9781250010056 (hardcover) : $25.99
1250010055 (hardcover)