Michelle : a biography / Liza Mundy.
Washington Post writer Liza Mundy paints a revealing and intimate portrait of the most dynamic couple in politics today: Michelle, the highly organized, sometimes intimidating, list-making pragmatist; and Barack, the introspective political charmer who shoots for the stars. Michelle's story carries all the achievements and lingering pain of the post-civil rights era. She grew up on the south side of Chicago, in a neighborhood rocked by white flight. She went to Harvard Law School, became a corporate lawyer, then left to train community leaders. She can be funny and sharp-tongued, warm and blunt, empathic and demanding. Her relationship with Barack, like many couples with two careers and two children, has been strained at times by his political climb. In this carefully reported biography, drawing upon interviews with more than one hundred people, including one with Michelle herself, Mundy captures the complexity of this remarkable woman and the remarkable life she has lived.--From publisher description.
Record details
- ISBN: 1416599436
- ISBN: 9781416599432
- Physical Description: 217 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover edition
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2008.
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- Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-217).
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- 32 of 34 copies available at NC Cardinal.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marion Library | BIO OBA (Text) | 37810434880505 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Old Fort Branch Library | BIO OBA (Text) | 37810435403802 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Alexander Main Library | B Obama (Text) | 34269001005306 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Braswell Memorial Main Library | B OBAMA (Text) | 540191002408445 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Carver School Road Branch | B OBAMA, MICHELLE (Text) | 0112516205138 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Charles H. Stone Memorial Library | B OBAMA (Text) | 40599000749989 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Clarkton Public Library | B OBAMA (Text) | 30441100526102 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Cleveland County Main Library | B OBAMA (Text) | 22281500093877 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/24/2026 |
| Dorothy Wightman Library | B OBAMA MUN (Text) | 30372100900304 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Eden Library | B Obama (Text) | 31554008772245 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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Washington Post writer Liza Mundy paints a revealing and intimate portrait of the most dynamic couple in politics today: Michelle, the highly organized, sometimes intimidating, list-making pragmatist; and Barack, the introspective political charmer who shoots for the stars. Michelle's story carries all the achievements and lingering pain of the post-civil rights era. She grew up on the south side of Chicago, in a neighborhood rocked by white flight. She went to Harvard Law School, became a corporate lawyer, then left to train community leaders. She can be funny and sharp-tongued, warm and blunt, empathic and demanding. Her relationship with Barack, like many couples with two careers and two children, has been strained at times by his political climb. In this carefully reported biography, drawing upon interviews with more than one hundred people, including one with Michelle herself, Mundy captures the complexity of this remarkable woman and the remarkable life she has lived.--From publisher description.
