The Education of an Idealist

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Her highly personal and reflective memoir is a must-read for anyone who cares about our role in a changing world Barack Obama

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY:
The New York TimesTime The Economist The Washington Post Vanity Fair Times Literary Supplement
What can one person do In this vibrant, galvanizing memoir, human rights advocate and Pulitzer-Prize winning writer Samantha Power offers an urgent response to this question.

As she traces her path from Irish immigrant to war correspondent and activist to eventually becoming the youngest-ever US Ambassador to the United Nations,Power writes with a unique blend of suspenseful storytelling, vivid character portraits and disarming honesty.

Heraccountilluminates the challenges of navigating the halls of power while trying to put ones ideals into practice (and raise two young children along the way), and it shows how even in the face of daunting challenges each of us can make a difference.

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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

AN IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER

AN OBAMA FAVOURITE BOOK OF 2019

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY:
The New York TimesTime The Economist The Washington Post Vanity Fair Times Literary Supplement

Her highly personal and reflective memoir is a must-read for anyone who cares about our role in a changing world.
Barack Obama

Samantha Power's book is honest, personal, revealing. It is about the development of a young woman's inner strength and self-knowledge. But it is also a political book, alert to both the power of political will and its limitations.
Colm Tibn

A beautiful memoir about the times were living in and the questions we must ask ourselves I honestly couldnt put it down
Cheryl Strayed

This is a wonderful book The interweaving of Powers personal story, family story, diplomatic history and moral arguments is executed seamlessly and with unblinking honesty
New York Times

One of the best-written political memoirs of recent years Fareed Zakaria

Its a profound, heart wrenching, uplifting, and emotional journey through her life and what shes seen
Sophia Bush

An unusually engaging political memoirPower is an excellent storyteller, with a deft touch with anecdotes and a nice sense of humour.
Times Literary Supplement

Refreshingly frank and self-deprecating An energizing reminder that conscience has a place in the process of shaping foreign policy
TIME Magazine

Uniquely personal and absorbing A riveting fly-on-the wall insight.
Irish Times

Engaging Powers memoir is an insiders account of foreign-policy-making, and an intensely personal one.
Economist

Lively And strikingly personal [Power] writes vividly and lucidly here about her turn in the international spotlight.
Vogue

Author Bio

Samantha Power founded the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University, and is now a faculty affiliate. From 1993 to 1996 she covered the wars in Yugoslavia as a reporter for US News and the Economist. A native of Ireland, she moved to the US in 1979 at the age of nine, and graduated from Yale University and Harvard Law School.