Reported by: Emon

Condoleezza Rice, the former US Secretary of State, under George W Bush, has written a book of her memoirs which has gone on sale Thursday, October 14, 2010, entitled “Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family”.

Interestingly, the book is not about her time in the White House, or stories about war and weapons of mass destruction, but rather stories of her childhood and racial isolation in the southern states.

Condoleezza Rice was born in 1954 in Birmingham, Alabama, a southern industrial city, which in the 1950-60′s was at the center of the African-American struggle for equal rights. Rice tells the story of her family’s life in Birmingham, where, in the 1950’s, whites and blacks lived in parallel worlds, colliding with each other only in a few public places. Rice goes on to describe how, at the age of three, she began playing the piano and how she was appreciated by her parents. She said that her parents gave her a chance for a unique and happy life and she has succeeded.

The former US Secretary of State also remembers what a tremendous impression the murder of President John F. Kennedy made on her and her associates.

In her memoirs, she also tells about the life of her family after moving from Birmingham to Denver, Colorado in 1967, as well as her years of study at the University of Denver, where she earned her B.A. and Ph.D. degrees in political science.

After eight years of work in the Bush administration, Rice earned the title of the most powerful woman, which the former Secretary of State promises to describe in the next volume of her memoirs, which will be released in 2011.

In February 2009, when it became known that Rice had signed a contract to publish her memoirs, it was reported that she would publish three books. Two of the books will be devoted to Ms. Rice’s family and her personal life, while only one of the books would be devoted to her time in the White House. At that time, it was assumed by many that the first book to be released would be related to Ms. Rice’s work in the presidential administration, which would then be followed by her more personal memories.