Michelle Obama Launches Becoming Book Tour In Chicago With Special Guest, Oprah Winfrey

Michelle Obama (pictured), the former First Lady of the United States, recently released Becoming, a memoir that chronicles her life journey and reflects on how she came to be Mrs. Obama.
Michelle Obama (pictured), the former First Lady of the United States, recently released Becoming, a memoir that chronicles her life journey and reflects on how she came to be Mrs. Obama.

Michelle Obama Launches Becoming Book Tour In Chicago With Special Guest, Oprah Winfrey

BY KATHERINE NEWMAN

Former First Lady, Michelle Obama, recently visited Chicago to host the first stop on her book tour for the newly released memoir Becoming by Micelle Obama. She was joined by Oprah Winfrey who interviewed Obama about the book and her life.

Prior to hosting the event at the United Center, Obama visited the Seminary Co-Op Book Store, 5751 S. Woodlawn Ave., in Hyde Park to greet fans and sign books. The bookstore serves as a significant place for Obama as she and her husband, President Barack Obama, used to live in the neighborhood.

The tell-all memoir from Mrs. Obama gives insight into her experience growing up on the south side of Chicago, her years at Princeton, her early professional life as a lawyer, how she dealt with the death of her father and close friend as a young adult, details of the 2008 presidential election, and many more private moments from her personal life, experiences she has had as a wife and mother, and reflections on the last few decades of her life as she transitioned from an everyday southsider to the First Lady of the United States.

“I’m an ordinary person who found herself on an extraordinary journey. In sharing my story, I hope to help create space for other stories and other voices, to widen the pathway for who belongs and why,” said Michelle Obama in the Epilogue of Becoming.

The 426-page book contains a number of photos of Obama and her family. The photos show her as an infant with her parents and brother, there are photos of Obama in grade school, pictures of her at Princeton, pictures of the Obamas as a young couple and a young family. You can

even see photos of her on her wedding day.

“If there’s one thing I’ve learned in life, it’s the power of using your voice. I tried my best to speak the truth and shed light on the stories of people who are often rushed aside,” Obama wrote in Becoming alongside a recent photo of herself at a speaking engagement.

The Becoming book tour is taking place now through Dec. 19 and will be making stops across the country and also traveling to London and Paris. Becoming by Michelle Obama is available wherever books are sold, according to the Becoming website.

To learn more about the book visit www. becomingmichelleobama.com.

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