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BECOMING

 By Michelle Obama

It is quite difficult when you have a spouse whose dreams line with the welfare of the people and the world's prosperity. It is difficult to figure what the world expects from you; it is difficult to figure what your close circle expects from you; After all it is difficult to understand what the inner you craves for yourself.



Michelle Obama, the former First Lady of the United States, in her memoir 'Becoming', describes her story.

So who is Michelle?

Michelle is someone who was born in Chicago with dreams of gaining respectable positions, propelled by great zeal towards learning and shaping herself. It sounds such a normal dream for us in the 21st century. But it is a crazy dream for people of color in the 1970s.

A four year old girl playing piano to a person with love for jazz. Michelle showed herself as a simple yet sophisticated person. I never knew about Michelle before, apart from her being the former FLOTUS.

This memoir, travels from a humble girl to one of the most respected women of the world. It was quite soothing to know that, she faced many vague days and wrong decisions, clearly telling life is all about the big picture and the people you love.

Her efforts towards obesity control in children of the US to being a mom of two teenage girls at the White House. Concerned if, the two beloved girls of hers will get adopted to the drastic transformations their parents put them through, both into and out of the White House is an extreme environment shift for anyone.

It is astonishing how she had put through the criticisms thrown her way. Her words expressing how she took care of them are surely true words of inspiration.

This book is simply an humble account of Michelle's life in her own words.

Rating: 3.5/5

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