Michelle Obama memoir is next pick for Winfrey book club
Source: Associated Press
Michelle Obama memoir is next pick for Winfrey book club
By HILLEL ITALIE
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NEW YORK (AP) Michelle Obamas Becoming, already expected to sell millions of copies, now has the official backing of Oprah Winfrey.
This book is everything you wanted to know and so much you didnt even know you wanted to know. I believe its going to spark within you the desire to think about your own becoming, Winfrey, who on Monday told The Associated Press in a statement that she had selected Becoming for her book club. Its so well-written I can hear her voice; I can hear her expressions; I can feel her emotion. What she allows us to see is how she was able to discover, define and then refine her voice.
In Becoming, Obama shares such deeply personal revelations as suffering a miscarriage and sharply criticizes President Donald Trump for promoting the false birther rumor that Barack Obama was not a U.S. citizen. The former first ladys book comes out Tuesday and is among the most anticipated political memoirs in years, topping Amazon.coms best-seller list throughout the weekend. On Monday, Barnes & Noble announced that pre-orders for Becoming were the highest for any adult book since Harper Lees Go Set a Watchman, which came out in 2015.
Winfrey, publishings most established hit maker, knows the Obamas well, to the point where Michelle Obama and Ellen DeGeneres once teased each other over who was closer to her. Winfrey was a prominent backer of Barack Obamas candidacy in 2008 and has interviewed both Obamas over the years. She is scheduled to be onstage Tuesday night with Michelle Obama at Chicagos United Center, the first stop on Obamas promotional tour.
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