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Michelle Obama : first lady of hope / Elizabeth Lightfoot.

Summary:

Presents a portrait of Michelle Obama from her youth on the south side of Chicago and her education at Princeton and Harvard Law School to her relationship with Barack Obama and her views on political issues.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1599215217
  • ISBN: 9781599215211
  • Physical Description: xxx, 210 pages ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, [2009]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-199) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Preface: How This Book Came to Be v -- Introduction: Michelle Obama xxi -- Chapter 1 Taking Her Seat at the Table 1 -- Chapter 2 Ivy Years 14 -- Chapter 3 Working Toward a World as It Should Be 33 -- Chapter 4 You and I (We Can Conquer the World) 48 -- Chapter 5 This First Lady's First Job: Mom 72 -- Chapter 6 Skin as Tough as a Rhinoceros Hide 84 -- Chapter 7 Color Purple 102 -- Chapter 8 Questions of Race, Gender, and Age 114 -- Chapter 9 A New Landscape 134 -- Chapter 10 Michelle Obama Everywhere 148 -- Chapter 11 Home Stretch 156 -- Chapter 12 Crossing the Finish Line 165.
Subject:
Obama, Barack > Family.
Obama, Michelle, 1964-
African American lawyers > Illinois > Biography.
African American women lawyers > Illinois > Biography.
Lawyers > Illinois > Biography.
Legislators' spouses > United States > Biography.
Genre:
Biographies.

Available copies

  • 11 of 11 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)

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  • 0 current holds with 11 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Jacksonville Main Library BIO OBAMA (Text) 36015000710000 Adult Biography Available -
BHM Headquarters Library B Obama, M (Text) 38344101283818 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Hampton B. Allen Library B OBAMA (Text) 18198000436008 Adult Biography Available -
J.C. Holliday Library B Obama (Text) 810191000736630 Adult Biography Available -
Lenoir Library B OBAMA Michelle Li (Text) 50669011250603 Adult Biography Available -
Montgomery County Public Library B OBAMA (Text) 38198000236354 Adult Biography Available -
North Davidson Public Library B Obama (Text) 25908005379362 Adult Biography Available -
Perry Memorial Library B Obama (Text) 33727001722791 Adult Biography Available -
Statesville Main Library B OBAMA LIG (Text) 33114016213407 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Thomasville Public Library B Obama (Text) 25908005221440 Adult Biography Available -

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