I didn’t plan for this, but I finished listening to this audiobook the day after Trump’s second inauguration. I cried in the car as Michelle read the last chapter. “I sometimes wonder where the bottom is” she despaired after Trump took office the first time. I despair even more now. 

This book was thoughtful and thought provoking, a heartfelt and honest memoir of Michelle’s life. She’s an inspirational woman for many reasons, and it makes me sad we don’t have her kind of thoughtfulness in power in the US anymore. I’d whole-heartedly recommend the audio version of this memoir, read by Michelle herself.