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The South Side of Chicago was Michelle Robinson’s childhood world. There, she shared a bedroom with her brother Craig in their parents’ apartment and played in the park. There, too, her parents, Frazier and Marianne Robinson, raised her to speak her mind openly and without fear. Life soon took her far beyond the halls of Princeton University, where she first experienced what it was like to be the only Black girl in a room, to the glass tower where she worked as a business lawyer, wielding considerable influence, and where, one summer morning, a law student named Barack Obama walked into her office and upended all her carefully laid plans.
In this memoir, Michelle Obama describes, for the first time, the beginnings of her marriage, struggling to balance her career and family life with her husband’s rapid rise in politics. She shares the couple’s private discussions about whether he should run for president and her role as a beloved, yet not immune to criticism, figure during his campaign. She told her story beautifully, with much humor and a unique innocence, offering a vivid glimpse behind the scenes of her life, from her family’s journey into the world of fame and international renown to the White House, where she and her family lived for eight eventful years, during which she came to know her country as her country came to know her.
The book, “And I Became,” takes us on a journey from the humble kitchens of Iowa to the ballrooms of Buckingham Palace, immersing us in moments of profound sorrow and a powerful sense of resilience in the face of the most devastating blows. It sheds light on the inner workings of one of history’s most unique figures as she struggled to live an authentic life and harnessed her inner strength and voice to achieve her ideals. By telling her story with honesty and courage, she challenges us: Who are we? And who do we aspire to become?
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