Becoming
von Michelle Obama
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 took 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?
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Becoming
von Michelle Obama
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 took 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?
Aktuelle Rezensionen(8)
Rezension von JennyInteresting insights, inspiring person herself, sometimes a little incoherent in her topics and, above all, intelellecually challenging to read (if english is not your native language). But all in all, highly recommended!
Rezension von Ricardaincredible honest writing, great insight in her life and aspects, usually not discussed
Rezension von Kelly KorekListened to audiobook, so it was made so much better by having Michelle actually tell her own story to me
Rezension von Charlotte ReuschI read this book and it took me a long time to finish. At first, I loved it. It is described so beautifully, that you can almost forget, that it's non-fiction. I am just 16, so maybe that's the reason, why after some time (maybe...page 400) I grew bored and skimmed through the rest. She just had very much to say and it was interesting. I learned a lot about her and a bit about the USA. I will start an exchange year there in August and I kind of hoped to learn a bit about this country and that was great. It just was lengthy and detailed, which was quite hard to finish, when you usually read fiction. But I can really say:Impressive woman, nice work.
Rezension von JuliaIt's a memoir, so it makes no sense to talk about what this book is about. In my opinion, it is a very well written, authentic and somewhat thrilling book. I enjoyed every page of it. Even though I knew how Barack's politic journey would eventually turn out, I was never bored, I was even a little excited while reading about the presidental campaign. The whole book is a very intimate and personal summary of their (politic) life, it's honest and authentic and I'd recommend it to everyone who likes the Michelle and Barack as much as I do.