A promised land is extraordinarily intimate and introspective-the story of one man's bet with history, the faith of a community organizer tested on the world stage. obama is candid about the balancing act of running for office as a black american, bearing the expectations of a generation buoyed by messages of "hope and change," and meeting the moral challenges of high-stakes decision-making. he is frank about the forces that opposed him at home and abroad, open about how living in the white house affected his wife and daughters, and unafraid to reveal self-doubt and disappointment. yet he never wavers from his belief that inside the great, ongoing american experiment, progress is always possible.