What's in Condoleezza Rice's memoir?

The former Secretary of State's new book paints a portrait of girlhood pain — and a certain weakness for sports stars

Condoleezza Rice's childhood dreams focused on the ice rink rather than the political arena.
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Critics are divided on Condoleeza Rice's new book, Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family. In the Los Angeles Times, Bob Drogin calls it "disappointing" and says parts "read like a résumé." By contrast, The Daily Beast's Stephen L. Carter describes it "a briskly written... fascinating look into her childhood." But, everyone agrees that the book, which focuses on Rice's parents and her growing up in the Jim Crow South and ends with the 2000 election, provides at least some insight into George W. Bush's famously enigmatic former Secretary of State. (Watch Rice discuss the book.) Here, a list of interesting revelations:

1. Painful childhood memories

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