Obama's sister signs book deal<http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/04/02/obamas-sister-signs-book-deal/> Posted: 01:00 PM ET
*From* *CNN's Lauren Kornreich*<http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/tag/cnns-lauren-kornreich/> *[image: In the book, Ladder to the Moon, Maya Soetoro-Ng will imagine what her four-year-old daughter would have learned from her grandmother if the two had ever met.]* In the book, Ladder to the Moon, Maya Soetoro-Ng will imagine what her four-year-old daughter would have learned from her grandmother if the two had ever met. *(CNN) –* President Obama's sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, has signed a deal to write a picture book inspired by her mother, Candlewick Press announced Thursday. In the book, Ladder to the Moon, Soetoro-Ng will imagine what her four-year-old daughter would have learned from her grandmother if the two had ever met. In the book, she "pays homage to her mother's tradition of storytelling — and celebrates her mother's enduring legacy of service - with an unforgettable story of love and compassion being passed along generations," according to the press release. Soetoro-Ng and Obama's mother died of ovarian cancer in 1995. "Maya Soetoro-Ng will be a major new voice in literature," Candlewick President Karen Lotz said in a statement. "We feel so privileged to publish her first work, an expressive and lyrical picture book." Soetoro-Ng is currently a teacher at an all-girls school in Hawaii. The publication date for her book has not yet been announced. -- "I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control, and at times hard to handle, but if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best." ~Marilyn Monroe --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Black Focus Inc." group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Black-Focus-Inc?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
