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マイ・ストーリー / by Michelle Obama

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laurajordensharris's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

3.5


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merrynthomas's review against another edition

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hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.5


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kdailyreads's review against another edition

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5.0


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marlee_grace's review against another edition

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challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Really enjoyed this! Was great to hear about Michelle and Barack's stories before being in the public eye, the struggles they endured and the changes they made :)

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faithaforman's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

If listening on audiobook I'd recommend 1.15x speed. :)
Michelle's story is inspiring, empowering, and at times heartbreaking. A true testament to hard work, perseverance, and a desire to help people and how much of an impact one person can have.

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bashsbooks's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.5

This is an exquisitely written and narrated memoir. I do think it's funny that she doesn't think of herself as a politician when she's the most politically active First Lady I've seen in my lifetime, and I find her brand of respectability politics not relatable, but I understand where both of these things are coming from.  Also, I deeply respect that she didn't want her husband to become a politician for personal reasons, I would also not be pleased if my partner wanted to do that. Overall, I found her very down-to-Earth and her story extremely interesting. Would recommend. 

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imnotadorableimpunk's review against another edition

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hopeful inspiring medium-paced

5.0


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skeptic_hecate's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

"Sameness breaths breaths more sameness, until you make an effort to overcome it."

I didn't think I would cry while reading about the life story of Michelle Obama, from the outside in, she looks like a privileged politician with power, however, how wrong I was. 

I admired Michelle from a distance because she was not the typical femenine and demure first lady, she was strong and unafraid to make an impression, being called "difficult" and "intense" all my life, it really gave me someone to relate to.

At first, this book felt slow and boring, I couldn't believe I had to sit through the grilled cheese sandwich part, however, the more I read, the more I found myself relating. The type A personality, unafraid to be herself and standing against bullies, but deeplu insecure and afraid of being good enough, missunderstood and fucking up. It wasn't this privileged politician I was reading about, it was a down to earth woman who had to do twice the work than her peers. Michelle doesn't pretend she didn't have advantages and support, she acknowledges them yet doesn't shy away from her vulnerabilities and fuck ups.

I highly recommend this book, especially if you don't see people like you on the media or in powerful positions.

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5.0


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4.5


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