A compelling and inspiring personal memoir by the former First Lady of the United States.
Michelle Robinson spent her childhood on the South Side of Chicago, sharing a small upstairs apartment with her brother Craig and chasing him around a nearby park. Her parents, Fraser and Marian Robinson, encouraged her to be outspoken and fearless from a young age.
But life took her much further and into very different realms - from the lecture halls of Princeton University, where she first felt what it was like to be the only black woman in the auditorium, to the glass-walled high-rise office building where she worked as a renowned corporate lawyer. Then, one summer morning, a student named Barack Obama showed up in her office and turned her carefully planned life upside down.
In this audiobook, Michelle Obama describes the early days of her marriage as she struggled to balance work, family, and maternal responsibilities with her husband's burgeoning political career. She reveals the private discussions related to his presidential candidacy and her role in his campaign, which brought her popularity but did not avoid criticism.
With charm, with humour and unusual openness, offers a look behind the scenes, when her family became the center of the world's attention, even for eight important years, that she lived through in the White House - on this, as she gradually became acquainted with her country and the country became acquainted with her.
The audiobook of My Story takes us into the humble kitchens of Iowa and the ballrooms of Buckingham Palace, not missing moments of great grief and indomitable will. It will give us a glimpse deep into the soul of a unique pioneering personality who strives to live authentically and invests energy, strength and voice in the service of higher ideals.
In a courageous and honest retelling of his story, he asks us to reflect on who we really are and who we want to be.