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2011 book by Janny Scott

A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama's Mother
First edition
Author	Janny Scott
Language	English
Subject	The Life of Barack Obama's mother Ann Durham
Genre	Biographical, non fiction
Publisher	Riverhead Books
Publication place	United States
Media type	book
Pages	384

A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama's Mother is a 2011 book by former The New York Times journalist Janny Scott. It is a biography of Ann Dunham, the mother of U.S. President Barack Obama.

A Singular Woman was nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award for Best History & Biography (2011) and runner-up for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award (2012).

References

Carolyn Kellogg (March 3, 2011). "Who was Stanley Ann Dunham?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
"A White Woman From Kansas". The New York Times. March 6, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
Scott, Janny (April 20, 2011). "Obama's Young Mother Abroad". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
Ulin, David L. (May 3, 2011). "Book review: 'A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama's Mother'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
"The 'Singular Woman' Who Raised Barack Obama". NPR. May 3, 2011. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
Harnden, Toby (April 21, 2011). "Barack Obama racially abused as boy, says book on 'beaten' mother". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
"A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama's Mo…". Goodreads. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
O'Connell, Alexandra (April 29, 2016). "PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography Winners". PEN America. Retrieved July 10, 2024.

External links

After Words interview with Scott on A Singular Woman, May 28, 2011

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States (2009–2017)
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