Excerpt from Becoming by Michelle Obama, plus links to reviews, author biography & more

Name: Becoming
Rating: 5.0 (6 reviews)
Author: Michelle Obama
ISBN: 9781524763138

Becoming

by Michelle Obama

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Nov 13, 2018, 400 pages

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Mar 2021, 464 pages

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