The not-so-simple story of Barack Obama's youth

Shaped by different worlds, an outsider found ways to fit in.

HONOLULU -- The life stories, when the presidential candidate tells them, have a common theme: the quest to belong. 

A boy wants to find his place in a family where he is visibly different: chubby where others are thin, dark where others are light.

A youth living in a distant land searches and finds new friends, a new language and a heartbreaking lesson about his identity in the pages of an American magazine.

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Fabrice Florin
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by Fabrice Florin - Oct. 1, 2008

This detailed, well-researched report on Obama's life finds some minor discrepancies between his own memoirs and interviews with others. But overall, this research confirms the main points of this fascinating life story.

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