Former US President Barack Obama's new book A Promised Land (Une Terre Promise in French) is seen in a bookstore in Paris, France on November 17, 2020. Barack Obama was using his time after leaving the White House to write a memoir detailing his time as the 44th president of the United States. After nearly four years of waiting, Mr Obama has released his 701-page memoir entitled A Promised Land, the first instalment of his presidential memoirs. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM