American Family - Khizr Khan

This book is an intensely personal and fundamentally American story about what true patriotism looks like and what it feels like to risk everything you know and love for the promise of a 226 year old piece of parchment. As Khizr Khan traces his remarkable journey from humble beginnings on a poultry farm in Pakistan to a degree from Harvard Law School and a life of upward mobility in America, he shows what it means to leave the worst of one's country behind for the best of another. This book also tells the story of the Khans' middle child, Captain Humayun Khan, who was killed in action in Iraq, and their undying pride in him and his sacrifice--pride that has helped them endure the deepest despair a parent can know.