This book was Michelle Obama’s opportunity to reveal her truth with her voice and she absolutely delivered. She is undoubtedly a woman worthy of respect, she is classy, and she is a role model not only for other women of color but any woman with ambition.

I loved how she didn’t glorify or make excuses for her humble foundations. She simply embraced her childhood. I also loved how she described her marriage and her perception of Barack Obama. They are the real-world Huxtable family I grew up idolizing on tv.

I didn’t rate the book 5 stars because it is not a quick and easy read nor is it particularly captivating. There are a handful of quotable lines, but this book took a long time to read simply because I felt that I needed to give it my undivided attention in order to progress from one page to the next. I never “got lost” in her story.

I recommend the audible version of this book. I think if I had heard her story through her voice over narration I would have been able to appreciate more aspects of what she had to say.