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Michelle Obama: First Lady of Hope
No silver spoons. Down-to-earth. Witty. Honest. One-of-a-kind.
There is no one quite like her, Michelle Obama. This is the first book to tell the astonishing story of a woman whose intellect, verbal flair, and poise are certain to make her one of the most influential First Ladies in history. A woman whose impassioned speech to the Democratic National Convention ...more
There is no one quite like her, Michelle Obama. This is the first book to tell the astonishing story of a woman whose intellect, verbal flair, and poise are certain to make her one of the most influential First Ladies in history. A woman whose impassioned speech to the Democratic National Convention ...more
Paperback, 210 pages
Published
December 11th 2008
by Lyons Press
(first published September 9th 2008)
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Ever since now-President Obama burst onto the national political scene several years ago, I have been closely following his career. I can't recall exactly when I first saw his wife, Michelle, but right from the start, she impressed me as being a confident, eloquent, poised lady who was also a great wife, mother and career woman. When I saw Michelle Obama: First Lady of Hope in the book section of our local grocery/department store chain, I thought it looked like a good book to read for me to gai...more
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This book wasn't bad. Although I enjoyed reading an overview of the election and the Obamas, I found it a little repetitive, and I think the author was trying a little too hard to find a connection between herself and Michelle Obama. The book failed for me when Lightfoot's personal experiences were brought into the story.
I think the book was written very amateurously but I enjoyed reading about the First Lady. She's a remarkable woman that we can all look up to.
I think the author focused to much on trying to connect herself to Michelle Obama instead of focusing on Michelle. I also enjoyed reading clips from Barack's wonderful speeches.
I think the author focused to much on trying to connect herself to Michelle Obama instead of focusing on Michelle. I also enjoyed reading clips from Barack's wonderful speeches.
This book read more like an extended magazine article.....but, because of the timing, I was very intrigued about some of the details of such an extraordinary woman's life. It was also interesting for me to mentally cross reference some of the events with "Dreams From My Father". It was a quick read for me, not a literary masterpiece, but the author did a commendable job considering the circumstances and deadlines she had to work with.
Problem of the book that it relied on news and analysis of compound and not to meet or accompany their worst season, which was discussing the color of her clothes
It was written really fast..and that was obvious, the author never even SPOKE with Michelle- I was looking for a more in depth personal history...but didn't get it...I'm sure there will be many more Michelle Obama books in the future!
Interesting! Liked getting an idea of the childhood she had.
Wow. What an awful book! The writing was terrible.
Holly
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Looking forward to reading this during break.
A light-hearted insight to the first couple.
Very easy to read and points out lots of the things I feel about Michelle Obama.
I love it. Michelle is so interesting. Her life is engaging to read about.
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