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Becoming, Michelle Obama

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An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States. When she was a little girl, Michelle Robinson's world was the South Side of Chicago, where she and her brother, Craig, shared a bedroom in their family's upstairs apartment and played catch in the park, and where her parents, Fraser and Marian Robinson, raised her to be outspoken and unafraid. But life soon look her much further afield, from the halls of Princeton, where she learned for the first time what if felt like to be the only black woman in a room, to the glassy office tower where she worked as a high-powered corporate lawyer--and where, one summer morning, a law student named Barack Obama appeared in her office and upended all her carefully made plans. Here, for the first time, Michelle Obama describes the early years of her marriage as she struggles to balance her work and family with her husband's fast-moving political career. She takes us inside their private debate over whether he should make a run for the presidency and her subsequent role as a popular but oft-criticized figure during his campaign. Narrating with grace, good humor, and uncommon candor, she provides a vivid, behind-the-scenes account of her family's history-making launch into the global limelight as well as their life inside the White House over eight momentous years--as she comes to know her country and her country comes to know her. [This book] takes us through modest Iowa kitchens and ballrooms at Buckingham Palace, through moments of heart-stopping grief and profound resilience, bringing us deep into the soul of a singular, groundbreaking figure in history as she strives to live authentically, marshaling her personal strength and voice in service of a set of higher ideals. In telling her story with honesty and boldness, she issues a challenge to the rest of us: Who are we and who do we want to become?"--Dust jacket
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First large print edition.
Extent
xvi, 675 pages (large print), 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Contents
  • Becoming me
  • Becoming us
  • Becoming more
Isbn
9780525633754
Instance
Label
Becoming
Title
Becoming
Statement of responsibility
Michelle Obama
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States. When she was a little girl, Michelle Robinson's world was the South Side of Chicago, where she and her brother, Craig, shared a bedroom in their family's upstairs apartment and played catch in the park, and where her parents, Fraser and Marian Robinson, raised her to be outspoken and unafraid. But life soon look her much further afield, from the halls of Princeton, where she learned for the first time what if felt like to be the only black woman in a room, to the glassy office tower where she worked as a high-powered corporate lawyer--and where, one summer morning, a law student named Barack Obama appeared in her office and upended all her carefully made plans. Here, for the first time, Michelle Obama describes the early years of her marriage as she struggles to balance her work and family with her husband's fast-moving political career. She takes us inside their private debate over whether he should make a run for the presidency and her subsequent role as a popular but oft-criticized figure during his campaign. Narrating with grace, good humor, and uncommon candor, she provides a vivid, behind-the-scenes account of her family's history-making launch into the global limelight as well as their life inside the White House over eight momentous years--as she comes to know her country and her country comes to know her. [This book] takes us through modest Iowa kitchens and ballrooms at Buckingham Palace, through moments of heart-stopping grief and profound resilience, bringing us deep into the soul of a singular, groundbreaking figure in history as she strives to live authentically, marshaling her personal strength and voice in service of a set of higher ideals. In telling her story with honesty and boldness, she issues a challenge to the rest of us: Who are we and who do we want to become?"--Dust jacket
Biography type
autobiography
Cataloging source
VPW
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1964-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Obama, Michelle
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
LC call number
E909.O24
LC item number
A3 2018b
Literary form
non fiction
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Obama, Michelle
  • Presidents' spouses
  • Legislators' spouses
  • African American women lawyers
  • African American lawyers
  • Autobiographies
  • Biography
  • Large type books
Target audience
general
Label
Becoming, Michelle Obama
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Becoming me -- Becoming us -- Becoming more
Control code
on1062361883
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First large print edition.
Extent
xvi, 675 pages (large print), 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Form of item
large print
Isbn
9780525633754
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Other physical details
illustrations (chiefly color)
System control number
(OCoLC)1062361883
Label
Becoming, Michelle Obama
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Becoming me -- Becoming us -- Becoming more
Control code
on1062361883
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First large print edition.
Extent
xvi, 675 pages (large print), 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Form of item
large print
Isbn
9780525633754
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Other physical details
illustrations (chiefly color)
System control number
(OCoLC)1062361883

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