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\nBook description:
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a life filled with meaning and accomplishment\, Michelle Obama has emerge
d as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady
of the United States of America&mdash\;the first African American to serv
e in that role&mdash\;she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive W
hite House in history\, while also establishing herself as a powerful advo
cate for women and girls in the U.S. and around the world\, dramatically c
hanging the ways that families pursue healthier and more active lives\, an
d standing with her husband as he led America through some of its most har
rowing moments. Along the way\, she showed us a few dance moves\, crushed
Carpool Karaoke\, and raised two down-to-earth daughters under an unforgiv
ing media glare.
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In her memoir\, a work of deep reflect
ion and mesmerizing storytelling\, Michelle Obama invites readers into her
world\, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her&mdash\;from her
childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balanc
ing the demands of motherhood and work\, to her time spent at the world&rs
quo\;s most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit\, she des
cribes her triumphs and her disappointments\, both public and private\, te
lling her full story as she has lived it&mdash\;in her own words and on he
r own terms. Warm\, wise\, and revelatory\, Becoming is the deepl
y personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily def
ied expectations&mdash\;and whose story inspires us to do the same.