Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family

by Condoleezza Rice

Book Overview

Condoleezza Rice has excelled as a diplomat, political scientist, and concert pianist.? Her achievements run the gamut from helping to oversee the collapse of communism in Europe and the decline of the Soviet Union, to working to protect the country in the aftermath of 9-11, to becoming only the second woman - and the first black woman ever -- to serve as Secretary of State. ? But until she was 25 she never learned to swim. ? Not because she wouldn't...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307587878
• ISBN13: 9780307587879
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Crown Archetype
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.6" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

A worthwhile book to read.

This is a well written, interesting book from a remarkable woman. It gave to me a better understanding of the very flawed history of race relations in America and the personal pain racism caused.