Author

Michelle Obama

We've read and reviewed Michelle Obama's memoir and biography book Becoming on Book of the Day — scored and written up in full, with a clear verdict on who it's for.

Cover of Becoming by Michelle Obama

Becoming

by Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama's memoir traces the long arc from a working-class childhood on Chicago's South Side to eight years in the White House, and resists the easy gloss of a political success story. It's most alive in the ordinary details, and most persuasive when it admits how hard the becoming actually was.