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    Michelle Obama: A Biography

    By Liza Mundy

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    It will be a deeply reported book tracing Michelle's life from her beginnings to now. She was every parent's dream, skipping second grade because of her smarts, going on to Princeton and then Harvard Law School. The book will describe the South side of Chicago where the Robinson family grew up, Michelle's parents (her father had MS and worked for the city of Chicago, her mother stayed home), the hard-working culture of the Robinson family, Michelle's experience on the racially-tense campus of Princeton in the early 80s, her success at Harvard, how she experienced the death of her father and best friend, how she met Obama, the kind of partnership they have created, the kind of career as a lawyer and health care executive she pursued in Chicago, her views about political life and her aptitude for it, and her profile as a mother. The book will be based on the public record, on interviews she has given in the past, and on fresh interviews with her and members of her circle.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster UK
    Release dateDec 25, 2012
    ISBN9781471104534
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    Michelle Obama: A Biography
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    Liza Mundy

    Liza Mundy has written four books, including the New York Times bestseller Code Girls: the Untold Story of the American Women Codebreakers of World War II. A senior fellow at New America, a non-partisan thinktank, Mundy has written for TheAtlantic, Politico and the NYT and has appeared on many radio and TV shows including The Today Show, Good Morning America and NPR's All Things Considered.

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    • 4/5
      Great detailed aubiographical read on Michelle Obama. Although at times I felt that it was more focused on Barack I can understand how inextricably their lives are intertwined.
    • 2/5
      I enjoyed learning more about Michelle Obama in this book. By all accounts, she's intelligent, motivated, and usually quite grounded. Because the Obama campaign denied the author access to Michelle Obama for interviews for this book, however, the stories and insights about her come from other people in Obama's history--teachers, classmates, her brother, co-workers, TV and print reporters, and campaign staffers, plus numerous speeches of Michelle's (and one previous interview between the author and Obama, unrelated to this book). After reading this book for a while, I felt like I was learning about Michelle Obama all secondhand, and I missed the meatiness of a story that would have had Michelle Obama's blessing and cooperation. I hope (and expect) that sort of book will come later.
    • 3/5
      I read this just as we are coming in Obama's run for a second term and almost put it down because it was written before his first. I thought it would be out of date. However, what Mundy has written is still very relevant. I appreciate the insights and history she gives into the ordinary and yet extraordinary lives both Obamas have found themselves in. It starts out a little dry with the racial and political history of the country in general and Chicago in particular of our times but that really puts a lot of things clearly in perspective and I found it interesting. What drew me in and kept me reading was finding out more about both Obamas' personalities and their experiences as they enter politics. I've been able to internalize just a bit of Michelle's incredible strength, humor, and perspective and have appreciated getting to know her.