Her alcoholic father’s descent into depression and an early death leaves her with an adolescent sense of responsibility that takes years of therapy to overcome. Her story begins in Ireland where she spends a happy childhood with two parents who love her deeply but who separate when her mother moves to Pittsburgh with the kids. She’s suddenly part of the establishment and it’s not an easy transition. She is a hard-hitting journalist and crusader against genocide when she takes a job with then-Senator Obama and ends up on the National Security Council staff. How does a committed and outspoken human rights activist confront the compromises necessary in diplomacy? This is the key issue former US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power tackles in her intensely personal memoir. The Education of an Idealist by Samatha Power
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