About this book
This book details the fascinating life story of Michelle Obama, emphasizing her own personal and professional accomplishments, her life partnership with President Barack Obama, and her distinctive approach to the role of First Lady. Independent and supportive, elegant and down-to-earth, an accomplished professional and family anchor as her husband rose to the presidency, Michelle Obama is to many the consummate life partner in politics and the epitome of the 21st-century working mom. Michelle Obama: A Biography offers an unprecedented look at one of the most captivating women of our time, one who is sure to add her own distinctive legacy to the tradition of presidential wives. Ranging across the full arc of Michelle Obama's life, this revealing biography tells the story of her family backgroundāher great-great-grandfather was a slaveāher modest Chicago upbringing, her education and well-established legal career, and her relationship with her husband before, during, and after he reached the pinnacle of American politics.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Series Foreword
- Introduction
- Timeline: Events in the Life of Michelle Obama
- Chapter 1 Up from Slavery
- Chapter 2 Marian Robinson, Michelleās Mother
- Chapter 3 Fraser Robinson III, Michelleās Father
- Chapter 4 Michelleās Brother, Craig
- Chapter 5 The Education of Michelle Obama
- Chapter 6 Michelle, the Corporate Lawyer
- Chapter 7 The Character of Michelle Obama
- Chapter 8 The Obama Marriage
- Chapter 9 Michelle Obama in the White House
- Chapter 10 Michelle and Barack as Parents
- Chapter 11 Malia and Sasha
- Chapter 12 Michelle Obama, First Lady of Fashion
- Chapter 13 Michelle Obama among the First Ladies
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
