An American Family: A Memoir Of Hope And Sacrifice
Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN13:
9780399592515
$19.07
This ômoving [and] wonderfulö memoir by the Muslim American Gold Star father, captivating DNC speaker, and 2022 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient is ôa story about family and faith [that] can teach all of us what real American patriotism looks likeö (The New York Times Book Review). ô[Khizr] Khan offers a valuable perspective as we continue to debate what kind of country we want to be.öùThe Washington Post (Best Books of the Year) Khizr Khan electrified viewers around the world when he took the stage at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. And when he offered to lend Donald Trump his own much-read and dog-eared pocket Constitution, his gesture perfectly encapsulated the feelings of millions. In this urgent and timeless immigrant story, Khan shares the extraordinary, ordinary journey that led him to that moment: He was the oldest of ten children born to farmers in Pakistan. He was a university student who read the Declaration of Independence and was awestruck by what might be possible in life. He was a hopeful suitor, awkwardly but earnestly trying to win the heart of a woman far out of his league. He was a loving father who, having instilled in his children the ideals that enticed him and his wife to America, tragically lost his son, an Army captain, in the Iraq War. He was and is a patriot, and a fierce advocate for the values enshrined in the American system. An American Family shows us who Khizr Khan and millions of other American immigrants are, and whyùespecially in these tumultuous timesùwe must not be afraid to step forward for what we believe in when it matters most.
- | Author: Khizr Khan
- | Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
- | Publication Date: Sep 04, 2018
- | Number of Pages: 304 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback/Biography & Autobiography
- | ISBN-10: 0399592512
- | ISBN-13: 9780399592515
- Author:
- Khizr Khan
- Publisher:
- Random House Trade Paperbacks
- Publication Date:
- Sep 04, 2018
- Number of pages:
- 304 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback/Biography & Autobiography
- ISBN-10:
- 0399592512
- ISBN-13:
- 9780399592515