The book recounts Rice 's life story from Virginia 's segregation to her appointment as Secretary of State . Rice has said that she will write a memoir about her eight years in the White House but felt she could not do so until people understood the `` personal and implausible journey Rice 's father became a minister to shake Jim Crow harassment . Susan Rice narrated the audio book version herself .
The book recounts Rice 's life story from Virginia 's segregation to her appointment as Secretary of State . Rice 's father became a minister to shake Jim Crow harassment . Susan Rice narrated the audio book version herself .