He has modelled himself as a cool, calculated leader of the free world. But at the age of 22 Barack Obama had a strong 'sexual warmth' that overwhelmed his girlfriend at the time, according to a new book that identifies her for the first time. Vivid diaries written by Genevieve Cook reveal she was driven wild by the smell of sweat, smoking and deodorant that emanated from his bedroom. President Obama's first serious girlfriend, Genevieve Cook, has shared her diaries about their year-long love affair for a new biography and how the then 22-year-old Obama had great sexual warmth Cook, seen her in college at Swathmore, wrote how Obama loved running and lived in an apartment that smelled of raisins and sweat. The 22-year-old would sit around shirtless in a sarong on weekends and do the Sunday crossword. She was 25 when they dated
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Then-girlfriend Genevieve Cook wrote in her diary, 'He felt like an imposter. Because he was so white'
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In 'Dreams from My Father' Obama wrote about an unnamed girlfriend who he admits was a composite of several lovers, including Cook
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He wrote of a confrontation over 'black anger' with the composite lover in 'Dreams', but now reveals such a fight never happened
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