Michelle Obama:a biography

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bond Alma Halbert
Published: Greenwood,
Publisher Address: Santa Barbara, Calif.:
Publication Dates: c2012.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Greenwood biographies
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Carrier Form: xvi, 167 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780313381041 (hbk.)
0313381046 (hardcopy : alk. paper)
9780313381058 (ebook)
0313381054 (ebook)
Index Number: K837
CLC: K837.127
Call Number: K837.127/O121B
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Events in the life of Michelle Obama -- Up from slavery -- Marian Robinson, Michelle's mother -- Fraser Robinson III, Michelle's father -- Michelle's brother, Craig -- The education of Michelle Obama -- Michelle, the corporate lawyer -- The character of Michelle Obama -- The Obama marriage -- Michelle Obama in the White House -- Michelle and Barack as parents -- Malia and Sasha -- Michelle Obama, First Lady of fashion -- Michelle Obama among the First Ladies.
Ranging across the full arc of Michelle Obama's life, this revealing biography tells the story of her family background-her great-great-grandfather was a slave-her modest Chicago upbringing, her education and well-established legal career, and her relationship with her husband before, during, and after he reached the pinnacle of American politics.