REVIEW: Becoming - Michelle Obama

Title: Becoming
Author: Michelle Obama
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Audiobook
Narrator: Michelle Obama
Time: 19HRS 3MINS
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Goodreads Blurb

In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America—the first African American to serve in that role—she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in history, while also establishing herself as a powerful advocate for women and girls in the U.S. and around the world, dramatically changing the ways that families pursue healthier and more active lives, and standing with her husband as he led America through some of its most harrowing moments. Along the way, she showed us a few dance moves, crushed Carpool Karaoke, and raised two down-to-earth daughters under an unforgiving media glare.

In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites readers into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her—from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work, to her time spent at the world’s most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it—in her own words and on her own terms. Warm, wise, and revelatory, Becoming is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations—and whose story inspires us to do the same. 

Thoughts

I picked this up as part of the Around the Year in 52 books and listened to this on audiobook.

I found this book to be interesting and so insightful, it follows Michelle Obama from her early years in Chicago, to when she met Barack, and right through to the end of his presidency.

While listening to this book, I found that it did speak to me in places, when Michelle divulges about the miscarriage of her first child (I have recently gone through a miscarriage), so her words really resonated with me

I found this memoir so fascinating from start to finish, Michelle Obama has lived such a fascinating life, and she emotes so well through the whole memoir.

Overall, I found this to be such a profound book and one that I think everyone should be listening to.