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| Michelle Obama: First Lady of Hope | 
 enlarge | Author: Elizabeth Lightfoot
Publisher: The Lyons Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (5 reviews)
Sales Rank: 45262
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 0.8
ISBN: 1599215217
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.931092
EAN: 9781599215211
ASIN: 1599215217
Publication Date: December 11, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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Product Description
Michelle Obama played a large and influential role in her husband's campaign, and is certain to do the same thing during his presidency. Michelle Obama: First Lady of Hope examines, for the first time, her astonishing career, from her undergraduate years at Princeton, where she majored inAfrican Studies, to her continuing education at Harvard Law School, where she obtained a Juris Doctor degree. Michelle Obama: First Lady of Hope will further examine her influence on her husband, her role in his presidential campaign, and her political beliefs.
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 A Good Starter on Michelle December 23, 2008
Michelle Obama: First Lady of Hope
Fortunately for Elizabeth Lightfoot the author (and us the readers) despite not being able to interview Michelle Obama, she had all the media information and Michelle's friends to turn to to bring out the book in record time. It is a good starter for us who wanted to get to know the first Lady and her husband in a better way. I thought the author's comparision to her own situation helped us associate Michelle's life with us the normal(??) human beings. There are places where I thought she got a bit carried away to gloss over the situation. In one place she said Michelle's father worked hard to put his children through school. Which is correct, but it was only later that I read that in addition both Michelle and Obama through scholarships and or student loans? were able to attend the best of colleges/universities later on.
All in all a well wriiten book by an author who is passionate about her subject and her project.
 DISAPPOINTING December 17, 2008
I was so looking forward to a book which would provide some in-depth and substantive information about this remarkable woman who will soon become our First Lady. However, I found that this book fell short of achieving that goal. It was apparent that the author had a short time to write the material in order to fulfill her editor's request and it showed. The inadequacies were underscored when the author revealed that she had not spoken to the subject of this book. How can you write an informed piece about a living person without speaking to her?
Some of her material illustrated that the author was not an authority on politics. Her analyses of some of the political situations that occurred during the race for the White House are shallow and off point.
I am looking forward to finding an excellent biography of Michelle Obama who, I believe, has a great story to tell. Truly, she is an inspiration for many and could be even more so if there is a true biography written about her life.
Very Disappointing December 5, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
In the 16 page Preface, and following 10 page Introduction, we learn quickly that Lightfoot was given two months to write the book, and a few days to update it after the general election. We also learn she never interviewed Michelle, and begin to hear her suppositions as to how the Obama family compares to her own. Surprisingly, the Preface and Introduction prove to be better than the following Chapters 1-10 (169 pages of medium sized font, wide spaced print) which are followed by 3 pages of Acknowledgements and another 26 pages of Notes referencing the sources she used to write the book. Anyone who was half paying attention to news broadcasts throughout the election season has already heard everything contained within. Lightfoot shares little we don't already know about Michelle. She often and quickly digresses at length onto other persons and situations in the campaign, and repeats these details again and again in chapter after chapter, all the time giving her opinion and irrelevant thoughts regarding situations. I admit to having stopped reading after Chapter 8 out of sheer boredom and frustration. The book lacks proper editing; at times she speaks to our new President Elect; at other times, it appears she is writing as if the general election decision has not been made yet. Lightfoot quotes and relies on opinions of a British journalist friend, as well as a couple of Michelle's classmates (located in a yearbook) who had little or no interaction with Michelle. It appears throughout that she is struggling to fill the pages in any way she can. I recommend skipping this book entirely. Lightfoot and others should make another attempt only after more of Michelle is revealed to us in her early years as First Lady, or through direct interviews with Michelle and her family.
 excellent September 25, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
thoughtful and well-written. an interesting if somewhat unconventional delivery--the author combines michelle's story with a bit of her own, often suggesting an allegory between mrs. obama's humble roots and the happenings within her own respective life. this does occasionally detract from the main focus, but it also provides some interesting subtext that makes an at-times detached presidential spouse seem all the more familiar. overall, 'grace and intelligence' provides us with the rare biography that not only conveys the subject's life from an outward perspective but also draws us closer to a woman with whom we all, whether we realize it or not, can relate.
An American Success Story that Inspires Me September 19, 2008
13 out of 16 found this review helpful
I am so excited to read this biography of Michelle Obama. She is smart, beautiful, hard-working, and a dedicated mother. For people who say you can't do it all, Michelle is the proof that you can! And she does it with grace and elegance, all from the heart, with sincerity that many other political figures don't show. My only regret with this Kindle edition is that I can't share it with my daughter!
UPDATE: Now that I've finished the book, I have to say I'm very disappointed. I am a BIG fan of Michelle Obama, but the author wrote this book without ever speaking with, or even having a personal e-mail from, Michelle. She basically Googled Michelle Obama and wrote about whatever she found on the internet. The author pretty quickly exhausts her info about Obama and then spends a lot of the book talking about her own uninteresting suburban life. What a bummer!
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