Becoming Audiobook

Quotes

• “She just opens up herself; it’s so vulnerable…It is Michelle Obama’s personal story, of course, but I believe it’s going to spark within you the desire to think about your own becoming.”

  — O, The Oprah Magazine

• “This book isn’t all unicorns and rainbows. By the end of it, she ultimately champions endurance and incremental change.”

  — New York Times Book Review

• “The first-lady memoir is a rite of passage…Becoming takes her historic status as the first Black woman to serve as first lady and melds it deftly into the American narrative.”

  — Los Angeles Times Book Review

• “Every page sparkles with directness and grace. She writes compellingly of the complexities of marriage and family with honesty and the kind of confidence that comes of being a person of integrity who knows who she is—and is comfortable with it.”

  — Boston Globe

• “Reading Michelle Obama’s memoir, Becoming, feels like catching up with an old friend over a lazy afternoon. Parts of her story are familiar, but still, you lean in, eager to hear them again. Other parts are new and come as a surprise.”

  — San Francisco Chronicle

• "[Obama] is refreshingly candid, open and yes, vulnerable.”

  — Pittsburgh Post Gazette

• “A beautiful, well-written memoir…The whole story of a working woman who, on the surface, has everything together, yet in reality is trying to keep it all together.”

  — Philadelphia Inquirer

• “In a rich, warm timbre, Michelle Obama treats us to reminiscences and reflections on her life as though we were friends seated in her living room…Her signature quiet confidence comes through every word as she narrates her story…This intimate listening experience allows us behind the public exterior and into the warm embrace of private revelations by one of our nation’s most beloved role models. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award.”

  — AudioFile

• “From the former First Lady, here’s a memoir starting with her childhood on Chicago’s South Side and leading to her life at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, where she raised her children gracefully while representing the United States to the world.”

  — Library Journal

• “Charming and thought-provoking…A warm and personable record.”

  — New York Times Book Review

• A serious work of candid reflection by a singular figure of early-twenty-first-century America . . . Becoming is refined and forthright, gracefully written and at times laugh-out-loud funny.

  — Isabel Wilkerson, The New York Times Book Review

• Becoming is inspirational without trying to be. From the first words, the very warmth that permeates its author emanates from the pages. . . . Becoming manages to be a coming-of-age tale, a love story and a family saga all in one. More importantly, this book is a reminder that America is still a work-in-progress, and that hope can be an action word if we allow it to be. Becoming is a balm that America needs, from a woman America does not yet deserve.

  — Angie Thomas, Time

• Deeply personal and refreshingly honest . . . She’s thoughtful, humorous, bracingly revealing, and when it’s time, she does us all the favor of showing us the human side of a man worshipped by so many. . . . It’s human and genuine and welcoming to see the layers of humanity she holds open. . . . Michelle Obama’s story can maybe inspire you to find a path for your own story.

  — Shonda Rhimes, Shondaland

• A complex, accomplished life recounted with confidence and candor . . . Every page sparkles with directness and grace.

  — Douglas Brinkley, The Boston Globe