Becoming
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An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States.
In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America - the first African American to serve in that role - she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in history while also establishing herself as a powerful advocate for women and girls in the United States and around the world, dramatically changing the ways that families pursue healthier and more active lives and standing with her husband as he led America through some of its most harrowing moments. Along the way, she showed us a few dance moves, crushed Carpool Karaoke, and raised two down-to-earth daughters under an unforgiving media glare.
In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites listeners into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her - from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work to her time spent at the world's most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it - in her own words and on her own terms. Warm, wise, and revelatory, Becoming is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations - and whose story inspires us to do the same.
Berührend und positiv
"And then there was the day when Addie Moore made a call on Louis Waters." (Originalzitat, Seite 3 - zugleich erster Satz dieses Romans).
Inhalt:
Seit über vierzig Jahren leben Addie Moore und Louis Waters mit ihren Familien in der Cedar Street in der kleinen Stadt Holt. Nun sind beide verwitwet und eines Tages macht Addie Louis einen ungewöhnlichen Vorschlag.
Thema und Genre:
Ein leiser, poetischer Roman über das Älterwerden, Einsamkeit, über Freundschaft und Liebe. Es geht auch um die Engstirnigkeit des Kleinstadtlebens und um Konventionen. Auch problematische Vater-Sohn-Beziehugen sind ein Thema. Dazu kommt die Frage, ob und wie längst erwachsene Kinder mit dem Eigenleben ihrer Eltern umgehen.
Charaktere:
Dieser Autor liebt die Menschen seiner Geschichten, das spürt man als Leser und das macht seine Charaktere so besonders und liebenswert.
Fazit:
In seiner großartigen, aber immer leisen Sprache erzählt uns der Autor eine Geschichte zum Lachen, vielleicht auch zum Weinen, auf jeden Fall aber zum Nachdenken.