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Michelle Obama: A Life
Michelle Obama: A Life is a biography of American former First Lady and lawyer Michelle Obama written by Peter Slevin. The book was first published by Alfred A. Knopf in 2015.[1]
The book has received reviews from publications including The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Elle, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, NBC News, USA Today, Booklist, Time, and The Washington Post.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
In 2015, the book was a finalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award.[14]
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[edit]- ^Slevin, Peter (2015). Michelle Obama: A Life. Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN .
- ^Chozick, Amy (April 15, 2015). "'Michelle Obama: A Life,' by Peter Slevin". The New York Times. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
- ^Stevens, Heidi (April 30, 2015). "Review: 'Michelle Obama: A Life' by Peter Slevin". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
- ^Karl, Jonathan (April 7, 2015). "Book Review: 'Michelle Obama: A Life' by Peter Slevin". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
- ^"Nonfiction Book Review: Michelle Obama
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Michelle Obama: A Life
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Peter Slevin tackles the biography of First Lady Michelle Obama
June 29, 2015
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Editor’s Note: Anyone who writes about politics and politicians knows how difficult it is to bring fresh insight to familiar issues and personalities. That challenge is even greater if your subject is the most well-known woman in the United States, First Lady Michelle Obama. In this installment of “Writing the Book,” an occasional Storyboard feature in which journalists turned authors discuss their work, former Washington Post reporter Peter Slevin examines how he looked beyond the two-dimensional narrative to find meaningful material for his biography, “Michelle Obama: A Life.” The book was just named one of the year’s 10 best biographies by Booklist and you can read recent reviews here and here.
As I set out five years ago to write a biography of one of the most recognizable women on the planet, the first question was why do it. The second was how. Neither answer came easily.
I had written often about Michelle Obama as the Chicago correspondent for The Washington Post. During the 2008 campaign, I trailed her to Iowa, New York, Texas and a handful of other states. I interviewed her friends on the So