Michelle Obama: A Biography
By (Author) Alma Halbert Bond
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Greenwood Press
22nd February 2012
United States
General
Non Fiction
History of the Americas
Politics and government
973.932092
Hardback
160
Width 156mm, Height 235mm
454g
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 backgroundher great-great-grandfather was a slaveher 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.
Alma H. Bond, PhD, is a psychoanalyst and the author of 16 published books.