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» 22 till Books Read in 2019 (24) Black Authors (20) Favorite Memoirs (4) Books Read in 2021 (2,303) Read Next (3) Female Author (1,049) SHOULD Read Books! (117) Litsy Awards 2018 (119) Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken.  TraSea | Apr 29, 2024 |    ) Huba.Library | Feb 22, 2024 |  ) eg4209 | Jan 27, 2024 | I picked this book up way behind the curve. However, I can not tell you how much I enjoyed it. In Becoming, First Lady Michelle Obama, not only gives us a detailed look into the night of the November 4th, 2008 Presidential election, but she steps back in time after the introduction and gives us layers of her personal life from childhood to puberty and from puberty to adulthood. We walk the blocks of Euclid Avenue on the Southside of Chicago. We meet her parents Marian and Fraser Robinson, and her elder brother Craig, as well as extended family members, like her Uncle “Southside,” who introduces Michelle to jazz and Motown artists such as, Stevie Wonder. We would return to Michelle’s small house that was shared with her great Aunt who taught her piano. We would feel Michelle’s angsts from her first piano recital to her big decision to fight to get into Princeton. Early on, we could tell that the young Michelle Robinson, who was filled with curious questions, would grow up to be an intelligent and independent woman. Without question, you could foresee her breaking White House traditions as First Lady, not disrespectfully, but in a way that awakened a new dawn and era. She gives women who are trying to live their dreams hope that dreams are possible. That you can fall in love have a job and be successful all with a smile on your face. Socially, it seems Michelle chose her friends and boyfriends as wisely as she chose her career. She never lowered her standards. Her every move seemed calculated and driven by a checklist until she met Barack Obama. Obama was a man who helped Michelle to relax her shoulders, have some ice cream, and breathe and appreciate the spontaneity of life. He also helped her to find her true passion in order to discover genuine happiness. In this book, Michelle lays out a plate of honesty that spills over human imperfections that we all contend with on the day-to-day basis. She didn't hide her flaws or pretend to be someone she is not. Thus, my favorite quote is: “Barack and I told our stories and shared our stories because too often people focus on stats. Stats do not tell us who people are.” It is therefore not surprising that Michelle and Barack Obama won the 2018 Most Admired People, despite not being in office anymore. People feel connected to public figures who are honest, compassionate, forgiving, and sincere. I hope this book shows much more many people you can become anything you want as long as you do it 100% for yourself. Five starts across the board. ( ) b00kdarling87 | Jan 7, 2024 | ) Elianaclaire | Jan 3, 2024 |
The summary of Obama’s White House initiatives relies on promotional language and well-worn anecdotes, and the book’s final pages are just a shade away from an overt advertisement for the Obama Foundation. The memoir’s “bombshell” revelations, which the media has projected as revelations of the female condition writ large—a discussion of Obama’s use of fertility treatment to conceive her daughters, and of a period of her marriage in which “frustrations began to rear up often and intensely”—belie how much the rest of the text withholds. I suspect that some of Becoming’s power lies in the ways it employs the techniques of a novel more than those of a typical political memoir—in its honesty about human nature and ambivalence, yes, but also in its colorful and idiosyncratic details ... in its willingness to let anecdotes speak for themselves rather than pedantically spelling out their lessons. Becoming is frequently funny, sometimes indignant or enraged, and when Michelle describes her father’s early death from multiple sclerosis it turns rawly emotional. But despite how close we get to her voice here, it’s never quite close enough. She lets us into all kinds of memories, including tender recollections, romantic dates, and triumphant moments on the campaign trail. But for all her candidness, there is still a veil of privacy around the inner workings of this reluctant public figure. She draws the reader in, but pauses at arm’s length. Maybe this is all we can expect, in text, from this woman with so much presence. As she says herself, she’s more of a hugger. Even if Becoming is not always interesting, it is much more interesting than it needed to be to qualify as a successful first lady memoir. And as an example of how to walk the tightrope — how to seem charming but not like an intellectual lightweight; how to get things done without seeming threatening; how to do all of the impossible things we demand of women in general, of first ladies in particular, and of the first black first lady as an absolute — Becoming is a straight-up master class. Ingår iHar bearbetningenHar som referensvägledning/bredvidläsningsbokPriserPrestigefyllda urvalUppmärksammade listor
Starkt, inspirerande och personligt av USA:s tidigare First LadyMichelle Obama är en av vår tids mest ikoniska och beundrade kvinnor. Som den första afroamerikanska presidentfrun skapade hon det mest öppna och inkluderande presidentskapet i USA:s historia. Hon är en passionerad och kraftfull förespråkare för kvinnor och flickors rättigheter världen över och har förändrat hur föräldrar och barn ser på hälsa och vikten av ett aktivt liv. Samtidigt har hon uppfostrat två döttrar och stått sida vid sida med sin man i hans uppdrag att leda USA genom några av landets mest påfrestande perioder.I sina självutlämnande och fängslande memoarer bjuder Michelle Obama in läsare till sin värld och berättar om de erfarenheter som har format henne som person. Från barndomen i Chicagos South Side genom åren som företagsledaren som kämpade med livspusslet, till tiden på världens kändaste adress. På ett ärligt och insiktsfullt sätt beskriver hon sina med- och motgångar - i det privata och offentliga - och berättar om sitt liv såsom hon har levt det, med sina egna ord och på sina egna villkor. Det är en ovanligt personlig skildring av en kvinna som ständigt trotsat samhällets förväntningar, och vars historia inspirerar oss att göra detsamma.Att skriva den här boken har varit en djupt personlig upplevelse. Det har tillåtit mig att för första gången ärligt reflektera över den oväntade bana som mitt liv tagit. I den här boken skriver jag om mina rötter och om hur en liten flicka från Chicagos South Side hittade sin röst och utvecklade sin förmåga att använda den för att stärka andra. Jag hoppas att min resa inspirerar läsare så att de kan hitta mod nog att bli vem de än vill. Jag längtar efter att få dela med mig av min historia. Michelle ObamaÖversättare: Manne Svensson [Elib] Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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(PRINT: COPYRIGHT 11/13/2018; PUBLISHER: Crown (First Edition); ISBN: 978-1524763138; PAGES: 448; Unabridged.)
(Digital: Yes.)
**Audiobook: COPYRIGHT 11/17/2020; PUBLISHER: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group; ISBN: 9780525633747; DURATION: 19:10:20; FILE SIZE: 548869 KB; NUMBER OF PARTS: 15; Unabridged.
Film or tv: No—but it’d make a good series—someday, I predict, someone will cull from Michelle’s and Barack’s books. I only hope they can do them justice. (Perhaps Steven Spielberg?)
SERIES: No.
MAJOR CHARACTERS:
N/A
SUMMARY/ EVALUATION:
How I picked it: When I opened Overdrive looking for something to download quickly before the light of my cell phone woke my husband, this title was on the homepage. Since I’d just listened to Barack Obama’s “The Promised Land” (probably why it was on the homepage), I figured it might be interesting to get the story from another point of view.
What it’s about: It's an autobiography of Michelle’s life from childhood and through the two terms she was First Lady in the White House.
What I thought: This isn’t a book I’d have intentionally sought out, so it was a very pleasant surprise that Michelle, like her husband, is quite the author and narrator. This is a story of ambition, of beating the odds, of fortitude, of love, of overcoming obstacles in both family and public life, of caring about and serving a nation to the exclusion of personal preferences, of dedication to family, of making compromises and sacrifices for a greater purpose. Though it’s on a grander scale (and thus, grander extremes) than most of us experience, it is a story of the joys and the vicissitudes of life.
At this point, I’m inspired to read her other book, as well as Barack’s.
AUTHOR:
Michelle Obama:
From Wikipedia: “Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama[1] (born January 17, 1964) is an American attorney and author who served as first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. She was the first African-American woman to serve in this position. She is married to former President Barack Obama.”
NARRATOR:
Michelle Obama: Not everyone who writes can also narrate, so it’s always an added joy when an author is making the right decision to narrate her own publication.
GENRE:
Biography; Autobiography; History; Politics; Non-fiction
LOCATIONS:
Chicago; Washington D. C.
TIME FRAME:
Early-mid 2000’s
SUBJECTS: Family relations; Chicago South Side; Education; Ambition; Determination; Politics; Marriage; First Lady; President; White House life; Congress
DEDICATION:
“To all the people who have helped me become:
the folks who raised me-Fraser, Marian, Craig, and my vast extended family,
my circle of strong women, who always lift me up,
my loyal dedicated staff, who continue to make me proud.
To the loves of my life:
Malia and Sasha, my two most precious peas, who are reasons for being,
And finally, Barack, who always promised me an interesting journey.”
SAMPLE QUOTATION:
From “Introduction to Paperback Edition”:
“I knew from the outset that if I was going to write a memoir, it had to include more than the shade of blue I chose for a china pattern or who was or wasn’t invited to a State Dinner. Those are parts of my story, yes, but to be honest, they aren’t very important parts. And I had no interest in using a memoir to settle scores or win a few news cycles, because I don’t care about any of that, either.
What I do care about, what I’ve always cared about, is going deeper to unearth the fullness of our stories, blemishes and all. I know that I am who I am not because of the titles I’ve held or the celebrities I’ve met, but because of the snaking paths and winding roads, the frustrations and contradictions, the constant growth that is painful and joyful and full of confusion. So I knew that if this book was going to make any difference at all, it would need to be raw, vulnerable, and unabashedly honest.
And, as a Black woman, all of that was even more important. For the better part of our history, Black women’s stories have either gone untold or been told by others—by those who haven’t walked in our shoes and sometimes by those who haven’t even cared to imagine what it might feel like to do so. That’s why it was crucial for me to tell, in my own words and on my own terms, not just the story of the first Black First Lady, but also the story of a little Black girl who studied hard, became a lawyer, and fell in love; the story of a Black woman raising children, building a career, and staying afloat amid a tumultuous world. There is great beauty within every Black woman’s story, whether or not we ever become First Lady.”
RATING:
5 stars.
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