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Get the Summary of Michelle Obama's Becoming in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Michelle Obama's moving and intimate memoir has been topping the best-seller lists for weeks! Understand Michelle Obama's Becoming is the moving and intimate memoir of the first African-American First Lady of the United States. The book follows her life from growing up on the South Side of Chicago in a house...
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Summary of Michelle Obama's Becoming recounts the familial, educational, romantic, and political experiences that culminated in her tenure as first lady of the United States between 2009 and 2017. A native of Chicago, Michelle was an ambitious student who grew into a driven adult...
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WARNING!: This is a Best Seller Summary and Analysis of BLACKOUT by Candace Owens. It is not the original book, nor intended to replace it. If you are a Democrat, don't read this book because you will learn many characteristics about your party that are embarrassingly despicable. Your party has historically exploited and constrained many Blacks.
The Democrat efforts were aimed to prevent Blacks from conquering the challenges of poverty and embrace...
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5) Becoming
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2018.
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"In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites readers into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her-from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work, to her time spent at the world's most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and...
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Mrs. Obama offers readers a series of fresh stories and insightful reflections on change, challenge, and power, including her belief that when we light up for others, we can illuminate the richness and potential of the world around us, discovering deeper truths and new pathways for progress. Drawing from her experiences as a mother, daughter, spouse, friend, and First Lady, she shares the habits and principles she has developed to successfully adapt...
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Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
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xvii, 406 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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"This volume for young people is an honest and fascinating account of Michelle Obama's life led by example. She shares her views on how all young people can help themselves as well as help others, no matter their status in life. She asks readers to realize that no one is perfect, and that the process of becoming is what matters, as finding yourself is ever evolving. In telling her story with boldness, she asks young readers: Who are you, and what...
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Legacy Distribution
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2020.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (53 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Former First Lady MICHELLE OBAMA’S story has just begun. The Obamas have remained quite busy with their new life of activism which includes their issue-oriented production company, Higher Ground, which won an Oscar for Best Documentary in 2020. Mrs. Obama’s autobiography, Becoming, has become the best-selling memoir of all time and even won a Grammy following the publication of her book. Get lost in the incredible journey of this modern-day First...
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Plaza Janes
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2022.
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298 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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"Michelle Obama offers readers a series of fresh stories and insightful reflections on change, challenge, and power, including her belief that when we light up for others, we can illuminate the richness and potential of the world around us, discovering deeper truths and new pathways for progress. Drawing from her experiences as a mother, daughter, spouse, friend, and First Lady, she shares the habits and principles she has developed to successfully...
10) The meaning of Michelle: 16 writers on the iconic first lady and how her journey inspires our own
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St. Martin's Press
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2017.
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xiii, 220 pages ; 22cm
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"Michelle Obama is unlike any other First Lady in American History. From her first moments on the public stage, she has challenged traditional American notions about what it means to be beautiful, to be strong, to be fashion-conscious, to be healthy, to be First Mom, to be a caretaker and hostess, and to be partner to the most powerful man in the world. As Hillary Clinton has said, admiringly about Michelle Obama, our soon to be ex-First Lady exemplifies...
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Plaza Janés
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2018.
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526 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
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An intimate memoir by the former First Lady chronicles the experiences that have shaped her remarkable life, from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago through her setbacks and achievements in the White House.
Protagonista de una vida plena y exitosa, Michelle Obama se ha convertido en una de las mujeres más icónicas y cautivadoras de nuestra era. Como primera dama de los Estados Unidos de América, y primera afroamericana en desempeñar esa...
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Frances Lincoln Children's Books
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2020.
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56 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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In this imaginatively illustrated book from the Work It, Girl series, discover how Michelle became an inspirational leader, FLOTUS, lawyer, author, and role model in this true story of her life. Then, learn 10 key lessons from her work you can apply to your own life. Michelle Obama grew up on the South Side of Chicago in a little bungalow with a close-knit family. She loved going to school, and she knew that, one day, she would use her voice to empower...
13) The Obamas
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Little, Brown and Co
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2012
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viii, 359 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Explores the Obama family's transition into the White House, capturing the emotions and personalities beneath the public façade as the president and the First Lady deal with their new roles.
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Flatiron Books
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2020.
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"An intimate, revealing look at one artist's journey from self-censorship to full expression As one of the most celebrated musicians of our time, Alicia Keys has enraptured the nation with her heartfelt lyrics, extraordinary vocal range, and soul-stirringpiano compositions. Yet away from the spotlight, Alicia has grappled with private heartache-over the challenging and complex relationship with her father, the people-pleasing nature that characterized...
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Viking
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[2019]
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xii, 305 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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"The ultimate Obama insider" (The New York TimesFinding My Voice.Born in Iran (where her father, a doctor, sought a better job than he could find in segregated America), Jarrett grew up in Chicago in the 60s as racial and gender barriers were being challenged. A single mother stagnating in corporate law, she found her voice in Harold Washington's historic administration, where she began a remarkable journey, ultimately becoming one of the most visible...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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2016.
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xxiv, 738 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"City of Dreams is peopled with memorable characters both beloved and unfamiliar, whose lives unfold in rich detail: the young man from the Caribbean who passed through New York on his way to becoming a Founding Father; the ten-year-old Angelo Siciliano, from Calabria, who transformed into Charles Atlas, bodybuilder; Dominican-born Oscar de la Renta, whose couture designs have dressed first ladies from Jackie Kennedy to Michelle Obama. Tyler Anbinder?s...
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