Michelle Obama, former first lady, shares the devastating lows and extraordinary highs of her journey from being in a working class Chicago’s neighborhood to the White House in her memoir. “Becoming” is an inspiring and powerful memoir by the former First Lady of the U.S.
In the memoir, she shares her deeply personal struggled including the past marital and fertility struggles of her life. She spoke publicly for the first time about her anger at President Trump and all the hate that she encountered during campaigns.
Michelle Obama even revealed her painful secret that she didn’t believe it when her husband was elected as the president. Despite being a star student who attended Harvard and Princeton and went on to become an executive and successful lawyer, she always doubted herself. She opened up to Robin Roberts and said,
Being the first black anything is gonna be hard,” she told Robin Roberts. “I knew, as the first black first lady, I couldn’t presume anything … I’d have to earn my grace.
Michelle has to go through a great deal to be where she is today. She changed the face of the White House. She overcame the fitness challenges and helped to bring diversity to the forefront. She honors her parents Fraser Robinson and Marian Robinson who taught her the significant lessons of working with dignity and valuing money. They helped her balance the upbringing of a private family in a public house.
In her book, Obama also shares that she first met Brack Obama at Sidley Austin LLP where he was her mentor and how their journey began. She writes,
As soon as I allowed myself to feel anything for Barack, the feelings came rushing – a toppling blast of lust, gratitude, fulfillment and wonder.
Obama also shared her views about President Trump and said that she couldn’t understand why so many women refused to elect an exceptionally qualified female candidate as the President. She was deeply angered by it.
Source: ABC News, Good Morning America
