Becoming

5 stars Rating memoirs, I rarely take the writing style into account as I find it unfair to knock off a star for something the authors aren't ‘professionally trained for'. However, Michelle Obama's prose is practically flawless. Becoming is not only about her experience as the first black First Lady and her time in the White House where she exposes the less glamorous side of being the President's wife, the pressure that's put on your entire family and the lack of freedom to just be in the moment. She also delves into her past and exposes her childhood and the sacrifices her parents had to make to give their children a good education and ensure they'd have a better life.Michelle Obama is highly intelligent. She knows it and she owns it, and I think that that's a very powerful message.