Michelle Obama: A Life

by Peter Slevin

Book Overview

An inspiring story of a modern American icon, here is the first comprehensive account of the life and times of Michelle Obama. With disciplined reporting and a storyteller's eye for revealing detail, Peter Slevin follows Michelle to the White House from her working-class childhood on Chicago's largely segregated South Side. He illuminates her tribulations at Princeton University and Harvard Law School during the racially charged 1980s and the dilemmas...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307958825
• ISBN13: 9780307958822
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

One of my all time favorite books.

This is one of my all time favorite books. It is written very well and travels chronologically with ease though her life; exploring her achievements and expanding on her time as First Lady.