In this podcast we discuss Lisa and Becks’ book club favourite ‘Becoming’ by Michelle Obama.  

Join us as we walk through Michelle’s memoir of her childhood ‘Becoming Me’, relationship with Barak Obama in ‘Becoming Us’ and as she enters and leaves the world as First Lady in ‘Becoming More’.  

The book has over 800,000 ratings on goodreads, and 4.5 out 5 stars, it’s won multiple literary awards and it was the highest-selling book published in the United States in 2018, setting the record 15 days after its publication, with over two million copies sold.  

This book is a beautiful inspirational journey and a book club dream. Lisa and Becks fell in love with Michelle Obama as they read this, and we hope you will too. 

Conversation - Rebecca Guest and Lisa McWilliam  

Editor - Janet Green  

About The Book  

Michelle Obama invites us into her world, sharing 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, and through her time spent at the world's most famous address.  

Warm, beautiful and inspirational, Becoming is a deeply personal reckoning of Michelle Obama’s journey. 

Recommendations 

Becoming by Michelle Obama | Crown Publishing (becomingmichelleobama.com) 

Watch Becoming | Netflix Official Site 

'Oprah Winfrey Presents: Becoming Michelle Obama' 

The Squiggly Career: by Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis   

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