Book Club kit : Becoming
(Book Club Kit)
Author
Published
Prescott Valley, Arizona : Prescott Valley Public Library, 2020.
Physical Desc
8 books (volumes) + 1 discussion guide.
Status
More Details
Format
Book Club Kit
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 8, 29 Points
Level 8, 29 Points
Lexile measure
1170
Notes
Description
"An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States. When she was a little girl, Michelle Robinson's world was the South Side of Chicago, where she and her brother, Craig, shared a bedroom in their family's upstairs apartment and played catch in the park, and where her parents, Fraser and Marian Robinson, raised her to be outspoken and unafraid. But life soon took her much further afield, from the halls of Princeton, where she learned for the first time what if felt like to be the only black woman in a room, to the glassy office tower where she worked as a high-powered corporate lawyer--and where, one summer morning, a law student named Barack Obama appeared in her office and upended all her carefully made plans. Here, for the first time, Michelle Obama describes the early years of her marriage as she struggles to balance her work and family with her husband's fast-moving political career. She takes us inside their private debate over whether he should make a run for the presidency and her subsequent role as a popular but oft-criticized figure during his campaign. Narrating with grace, good humor, and uncommon candor, she provides a vivid, behind-the-scenes account of her family's history-making launch into the global limelight as well as their life inside the White House over eight momentous years--as she comes to know her country and her country comes to know her. [This book] takes us through modest Iowa kitchens and ballrooms at Buckingham Palace, through moments of heart-stopping grief and profound resilience, bringing us deep into the soul of a singular, groundbreaking figure in history as she strives to live authentically, marshaling her personal strength and voice in service of a set of higher ideals. In telling her story with honesty and boldness, she issues a challenge to the rest of us: Who are we and who do we want to become?"--Jacket.
Target Audience
1170 L,Lexile
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Obama, M. (2020). Book Club kit: Becoming . Prescott Valley Public Library.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Obama, Michelle, 1964-. 2020. Book Club Kit: Becoming. Prescott Valley Public Library.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Obama, Michelle, 1964-. Book Club Kit: Becoming Prescott Valley Public Library, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Obama, Michelle. Book Club Kit: Becoming Prescott Valley Public Library, 2020.
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