Becoming: Adapted for Younger Readers: Michelle Obama

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Biografien lese ich normalerweise eher gar nicht, aber an "Becoming Michelle Obama" kam ich jetzt einfach nicht mehr dran vorbei. Michelle Obama ist für mich schon jahrelang eine faszinierende Frau gewesen - nach diesem Buch hat sich das Empfinden nur noch verstärkt. Sie ist nicht nur eine ehemalige First Lady, sie ist ein Vorbild f��r viele Menschen auf der Welt und das aus gutem Grund. Warum? - das werde ich im Laufe meiner Beurteilung beschreiben anhand von Beispielen aus dem Geschriebenen. Growing up, Michelle and her older brother, Craig, shared a bedroom in their family’s upstairs apartment in her great-aunt’s house. Her parents, Fraser and Marian, poured their love and energy into their children. Michelle’s beloved dad taught his kids to work hard, keep their word, and remember to laugh. Her mom showed them how to think for themselves, use their voice, and be unafraid. An English-language edition of Becoming is published in the UK and British Commonwealth territories by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books at Penguin Random House UK.

For eight years, I lived in the White House, a place with more stairs than I can count— plus elevators, a bowling alley, and an in-house florist. I slept in a bed that was made up with Italian linens. Our meals were cooked by a team of world- class chefs and delivered by professionals more highly trained than those at any five-star restaurant or hotel. Secret Service agents, with their earpieces and guns and deliberately flat expressions, stood outside our doors, doing their best to stay out of our family’s private life. We got used to it, eventually, sort of— the strange grandeur of our new home and also the constant, quiet presence of others. Puffin started out as a non-fiction publisher, with its first title appearing in 1940. As the most iconic and well-known children’s book brand in the UK today, we are always on the lookout for innovative ways to tell the world’s favourite stories and for brilliant new debut talent and brands that connect with today’s young readers, from newborn up to twelve years old.What’s important is our story, our whole story, including those moments when we feel a little vulnerable . . . Wie bereits gesagt, gleich zu Beginn des Buches hatte ich wahnsinnige Gänsehaut und das zog sich immer wieder durch das Buch, da Michelle sehr berührend schreibt und man beim Lesen immer mehr das Gefühl bekommt, sie zu kennen und eine Verbindung zu ihr aufzubauen. Sie ist so ehrlich, wie sie nur sein kann. Sie steht zu ihren Fehlern und zu ihren Meinungen - ob die nun gehört werden wollen oder nicht. Sie steht für sich selbst ein und gibt anderen Mut - ich kann mich also nur wiederholen, wie bewundernswert ich diese Frau finde. Mich hat Michelle Obama schon seit ich jünger war fasziniert. Schon damals als sie Fist Lady der USA war und auch danach. Denn sie setzt sich für wichtige Themen in der Welt ein. Andere würden sich damit niemals auseinandersetzen. Deshalb bewundere ich sie.

That is what a control freak learns in college, maybe above all else. There are simply other ways of being. A rich, entertaining and candid memoir. And overall Obama's a fun person to sit alongside as she tells you the story of her life . . . it is as beautifully written as any piece of fiction' Independent I also loved her journey to the law firm and how she was torn between quitting to do something she loved and get paid less or keep the steady flow of money going and keep doing a job that made her miserable. Now adapted for younger readers, with new photographs and a new introduction from Michelle Obama herself, this memoir tells a very personal, and completely inspiring, story of how, through hard work and determination, the girl from the South Side of Chicago built an extraordinary life. Good night!” she’d exclaim in the middle of the day, with the same blast of exasperation someone else might say, “Oh, for God’s sake!” Few, it seemed, could live up to Robbie’s standards.This was the tail end of the 1960s on the South Side of Chicago. The Cubs weren’t bad, but they weren’t great, either. I’d sit on my dad’s lap in his recliner and listen to him narrate how the Cubs were playing or why Billy Williams, who lived just around the corner from us on Constance Avenue, had such a sweet swing from the left side of the plate. Outside the ballparks, America was in the midst of a massive and uncertain change. The Kennedys were dead. Martin Luther King Jr. had been killed standing on a balcony in Memphis, setting off riots across the country, including in Chicago. The 1968 Democratic National Convention turned bloody as police went after Vietnam War protesters with batons and tear gas in Grant Park, about nine miles north of where we lived. White families, meanwhile, were moving out of the city to the suburbs, drawn by the promise of better schools, more space, and probably more whiteness, too. When she was already at the top of her life, Michelle tried to keep it as normal as possible, especially when she wanted her two girls to grow up like normal children. It's heart-warming seeing how many times she had to sacrifice time between being a good mother to her daughters and being the First Lady to influence for a real change. Donald Trump is barely mentioned until the end, briefly about the 2012 election and again about the 2016 election and she expresses her opinions politely.

What's important is our story, our whole story, including those moments when we feel a little vulnerable . . .

Biografien lese ich normalerweise eher gar nicht, aber an "Becoming Michelle Obama" kam ich jetzt einfach nicht mehr dran vorbei. Michelle Obama ist für mich schon jahrelang eine faszinierende Frau gewesen - nach diesem Buch hat sich das Empfinden nur noch verstärkt. Sie ist nicht nur eine ehemalige First Lady, sie ist ein Vorbild für viele Menschen auf der Welt und das aus gutem Grund. Warum? - das werde ich im Laufe meiner Beurteilung beschreiben anhand von Beispielen aus dem Geschriebenen. From her early years of marriage, and the struggle to balance being a working woman, a wife, and the mom of two daughters, Michelle Obama details the shift she made to political life and what her family endured as a result of her husband’s fast-moving political career and campaign for the presidency. She shares the glamour of ball gowns and world travel, and the difficulties of comforting families after tragedies. She managed to be there for her daughters’ swim competitions and attend plays at their schools without catching the spotlight, while defining and championing numerous initiatives, especially those geared toward kids, during her time as First Lady. I have learned through my years of trying to find balance in my life that it is okay to flip priorities and care only for ourselves one in a while, to say sorry, folks, I'm doing this for me. Even if we don't know the details, we[Michelle and her brother] were instructed to remember that everyone on earth was carrying around an unseen history, and that alone deserves some tolerance.

You'll be inspired to help others, and understand that no one is perfect. Just like Michelle Obama, you too are finding out exactly who you want to be (and, actually, so are the adults in your life). Ich kann auch gar nicht sagen, wie viele Post Its ich in diesem Buch verwendet habe, um mir wichtige Stellen zu markieren - ich dachte, so könnte ich diese später noch einmal nachlesen. Aber das ganze Buch besteht aus so vielen wichtigen Situationen, die zwar Michelles Leben betreffen, aus denen aber wir Leser etwas lernen können. Alles wurde so gut erklärt, dass auch jüngere Leser ohne Probleme zu dieser Biografie greifen können - und das auch sollten. Wenn es um wichtige Personen und Ereignisse geht, die zwar den meisten von uns vielleicht ein Begriff sind, sind diese für die jüngeren Leser in einem Nebensatz verständlich erklärt, sodass wirklich jeder ohne Probleme alles nachvollziehen kann und das finde ich super. Denn auch wenn es für viele zum Allgemeinwissen zählt: Nicht jeder (heute) 13-Jährige (Jahrgang 2008) weiß, was zum am 11. September 2001 geschah oder wer Nelson Mandela ist. Michelle Robinson started life sharing a bedroom with her older brother Craig, in their family's upstairs apartment in her great-aunt's house. Her parents, Fraser and Marian, poured their love and energy into their children. She would go on to become Michelle Obama, the inspirational First Lady of the United States of America.Even when they made it to the White House, Michelle tried to keep life as normal as possible for their two girls, whilst at the same time attempting to forge a new path for the First Lady - that of someone who could use her influence for real change. O fracasso é um sentimento muito antes de se tornar um resultado real. É um sentimento de vulnerabilidade misturado com insegurança e tornado ainda mais forte pelo medo. “ Ich war unglaublich gespannt auf dieses Buch da ich bereits so viel Gutes über die „Originalfassung“ gehört habe – und ich wurde nicht enttäuscht. Also available as a Young Readers edition adapted for children ages 10 and up, with a special introduction for kids written by the author, and 3 full-color photo inserts. No prefácio, Michelle comenta que espera que, enquanto lemos a sua história, pensemos também na nossa e, ao longo da leitura, dei por mim a refletir em alguns episódios que me foram marcando.