Synopsis
The former president offers an intriguing account of growing up on a Georgia farm during the Depression and provides incisive profiles of the people who shaped his life: his segregationist farmer father, strong-willed nurse mother, eccentric relatives, boyhood friends, and others.
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Review
"An American classic." (The New Yorker)
"A love story of a man's passion for his home, his family, and...for his fellow man...Will stay in the mind long after the last page is read." (United Press International)
"More than just an engaging memoir, this book is first-rate social history, a portrait of a subculture of America...a genetic road map of the making of a president." (Ray Jenkins, Baltimore Sun)
"Captivating." (Jesse Birnbaum, Time)
"A lovely and haunting piece of work...conveys with quiet passion...its author's love for the place in which he grew up and where, he says, he expects to rest for eternity." (Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World)
About the Author
Jimmy Carter who served as thirty-ninth president of the United States, was born in Plains, Georgia, in 1924. After leaving the White House, he and his wife, Rosalynn, founded the Atlanta-based Carter Center, a nonprofit organisation that works to prevent and resolve conflicts, enhance freedom and democracy, and improve health around the world.
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