Like most of my favorite biographies, Michelle Obamas focuses mainly on her childhood and growing up in a small flat in Chicago, where her father and mother work hard to provide for Michelle and her older brother Craig. Her eloquence and humor shine through in this book, and all parts of it were interesting to read, especially as I knew so little of her back story. From living with a father who had MS, but never took a day off work sick, to piano lessons with the foreboding aunt who lived downstairs, to the young law student who one day had to mentor a young first year law student, to the White House where she tried to raise her two young daughters in as normal a family unit as was possible. You have to admire her for stepping up and for trying to be as normal as possible, when all eyes were on her, when many were waiting for her to fail. For trying to make the lives of children better, to get them to eat better, to move more and to work with families of service men and women.
A great read, that felt like it was written by a friend telling you about their life. One of my favorite reads of 2018. 5/5
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It can't be an easy life, living with the leader of one's country. I imagine nothing she did pleased everyone, but then she probably didn't try to.
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