Becoming, by Michelle Obama
My rating: 10/10

Former First Lady Michelle Obama tells the story of her previously unknown personal life in stunning prose. Covering everything from childhood, law school, and romance to work-life balance, the campaign trail, and her children, she lays out her life, decisions, and identity with impressive clarity.

This book had a lot of insight about Michelle Obama finding her identity- which includes her struggle with race and gender. She talked about bringing more racial diversity to the table where she worked, and about the push back she received for the color of her skin. Becoming also contained a lot of ideas that seem really important right now about gender equality- including her sharing her experience as First Lady, having to deal with sexism from all across the board. I enjoyed that she was able to bring these issues into the light and talk about how these factors influenced both her and other women in politics.

One pleasant aspect about this book was the writing; I wasn't expecting great writing, since it's an autobiography and since I've never read anything by Michelle Obama before, but it was surprisingly very well done.

This book will bring you into the life of the former First Lady of the United States, and I would highly recommend it.