Becoming by Michelle Obama: the book review
- août 26, 2019
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I don’t tend to read biography
somehow, it’s not the sort of book I want to read if I don’t know what to read.
However, Michelle Obama’s is one I was interested in reading. I mean, she was
the wife of the US president, so I supposed she had something interesting to
say. Obviously at that point, I haven’t understood yet that she was far more
than a first lady.
I have not had a great start with
this book. Of course, she had to talk about her childhood, but I was so impatient
to read about her adult life that I put the book aside for a few months. I
picked it up again and I wished it was even longer… This book is great! It is
interesting, engaging, informing, inspiring, you name it. I was so surprised by
so many things in this book; I think everyone wanting to know a bit more the
Obama’s should read “Becoming”.
I saw far more in Michelle Obama
than a wife of someone. We understand throughout the book that she made her way
to the top all by herself. As she said proudly, she is from the South side of
Chicago and had not been granted with privileges from the start, at all. Plus,
being a black girl/woman in the 70s-80s America was not something easy as well,
we all know that. But, she climbs the ladder through education, she is smart
and able to do something great with her life, which she does. Then, she meets a
certain Barack Obama which will become the love of her life.
The thing that astonished me the
most was her first opinion on Barack’s choices regarding politics. She said
many times that she, herself, was not into politics at all. Therefore, she did
not support his idea of running for any political job at all. Of course, she
changed her mind and support him fully during his two presidential terms, and
that’s admirable. She is understanding towards his choices that affect not him
only but Michelle and their two young daughters. But, she is a strong woman
that is able to support her husband, be a good mother and continue fulfilling
her life as a woman and as a successful working woman.
When it comes to the part during the
eight years of presidency, I was so inspired by her. She describes everything
not as a politician (of course), but as a “normal” woman being pushed forward towards
the public eyes, being suddenly the wife of the US president. It could have
been anyone, we feel that. She was not trained to be in that position, but she
did a hell of a great job at it! Throughout the pages, she tells us her role
has a mother in the White House, her role has a wife which is not always easy,
and her role has the First Lady. Having her background, we know pretty quickly
that she’s not going to be just a pretty smile next to her husband. She wants
to be more. Her dedication with women and especially women in the minorities is
inspiring. She put a lot of time and effort leaving the doors she opened stay
open for others after her. She becomes a role model: if she did it, so can we.
That’s what the book inspired to. She is just a normal woman who had an
extraordinary journey, which does not mean it’s impossible.
I would recommend this book if you
are interested to know more about her, her family, her career, but also if you
want a bit more insight of the White House. I learnt many things and I found so
many normality and humanity in her way of doing things there that it shifted my
opinion on the life there. Anyway, tell me now, have you read it yet? What did
you think of it?
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