Amherst Reads June 2013 - Brothers Emanuel by Ezekiel Emanuel '79

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Brothers Emanuel: A Memoir of an American Family
by Ezekiel J. Emanuel M.D. '79

“A fascinating topic that will draw readers in.”— Chicago Tribune

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• Listen to the conversation with Zeke Emanuel '79 and Andy Oram '79
• Read an excerpt
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For years, people have been asking Ezekiel “Zeke” Emanuel, the brash, outspoken, and fiercely loyal eldest brother in the Emanuel clan, the same question: What did your mom put in the cereal? Middle brother Rahm is the mayor of Chicago, former White House chief of staff, and one of the most colorful figures in American politics. Youngest brother Ari is a Hollywood super-agent, the real-life model for the character of Ari Gold on the hit series Entourage. And Zeke himself, whom the other brothers consider to be the smartest of them all, is one of the world’s leading bioethicists and oncologists, and a former special advisor for health policy in the Obama administration. How did one family of modest means produce three such high-achieving kids?
 
Set amid the tumult of Chicago in the 1960s and 1970s, Brothers Emanuel recounts the intertwined histories of these three rambunctious, hypercompetitive Jewish American boys, each with his own unique and compelling life story. Even as the Emanuels distinguished themselves as individuals, the bond of brotherhood that tied them together was never broken.