Michelle Obama : a life / Peter Slevin.
| Author/creator | Slevin, Peter author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. |
| Copyright Date | ©2015 |
| Description | 418 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Chicago's promise -- South Side -- Destiny not yet written -- Orange and blackness -- Progress in everything and nothing -- Finding the right thing -- Assets and deficits -- A little tension with that -- Just don't screw it up -- I'm pretty convincing -- Veil of impossibility -- Nothing would have predicted -- Between politics and sanity -- Simple gifts -- I am no different from you. |
| Abstract | A comprehensive portrait of the First Lady describes her working-class upbringing on Chicago's South Side, her education at Princeton and Harvard during the racially charged 1980s, and her marriage to the future forty-fourth president. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-399) and index. |
| LCCN | 2014041100 |
| ISBN | 9780307958822 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0307958825 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | E909.O24 S54 2015 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |