| Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images, Obama’s book is about far more than her life as first lady. September 21, 2018 | 11:29am | Updated September 21, 2018 | 11:55am. One aspect of Becoming attracting a lot of attention is Obama’s revelation that she and Barack struggled with infertility. We've received your submission. “Their trust in the world seemed infinite,” she writes, “their forward progress in it entirely assured.”, Meanwhile, she didn’t know what it meant when other kids talked about “rowing crew,” or what duvet sets or extra-long bedding were. Last week, Michelle Obama announced her nationwide book tour for "Becoming," her first memoir, and front-row seats are selling for as much as $3,000. The other reason Chadwick Boseman was a hero, The Kennedy dynasty may be well and truly over, kicked off her 10-city North American book tour, Obama's high school hoops jersey is up for auction – and it could go for six figures, Michelle Obama talks coronavirus, voting on Conan O'Brien, Michelle Obama, Bill Clinton set for 'West Wing' reunion on HBO Max, Trump is a pit bull fighting for America: Devine, Cuomo, Gillibrand, James, de Blasio: A sad pack of 'leaders' New York is stuck with, State Liquor Authority's unjust enforcement deadly to lockdown-strained bars, eateries, Trump tells Minnesota rally he trounced Biden in first debate, Brad Parscale leaves Trump campaign due to 'overwhelming stress', LeBron James helps recruit 10,000 volunteers to polls in black electoral districts, Trump says NYC mail-in ballot fiasco confirms his voter fraud fears, Trump says he doesn't know who Proud Boys are, calls on group to 'stand down', Amazon takes $50 off year-long Audible subscription for Prime Day deal, Amazon Prime Day 2020: The best early deals to shop now, Postmates is scoring delivery wins all football season, A Freshly subscription is the perfect lunch option while working from home, This all-natural antibacterial spray eliminates germs in seconds, Marie Osmond's 'Talk' exit thanks to Sharon Osbourne and Sheryl Underwood.

The book “is, first and foremost, a story about how she became who she is … and then the story about the struggle to hold onto that identity, to maintain a semi-sane life, even after she agrees to let that life be hijacked by politics,” NPR’s Danielle Kurtzleben wrote in her review. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Do Not Sell My Personal Information.

Obama is embarking on a 10-city book tour to support her memoir. Michelle Obama | Gerardo Mora/Getty Images, Penguin Random House reportedly paid Barack and Michelle Obama a joint advance of $65 million for their memoirs. Would you like to receive desktop browser notifications about breaking news and other major stories? Obama also shares her opinion of Donald Trump. Both women are worth it.”. Novak Djokovic is supposed to be the GOAT? His wife Hillary Clinton received an advance of $11.5 million for Hard Choices in 2014. CHICAGO — To read the worshipful press coverage you’d never know that, for Democrats, the unthinkable has happened: Michelle Obama has revealed herself as just another guru for sale. “I think there’s a disconnect,” writer Michelle Duster told CBS News in Chicago. Of Trump’s election and Hillary Clinton’s loss, she wrote: “I will always wonder about what led so many, women in particular, to reject an exceptionally qualified female candidate and instead choose a misogynist as their president.”. 371,352, This story has been shared 150,050 times. This story has been shared 150,050 times. Michelle Obama has stolen liberally from the Winfrey playbook, grafting her own hero’s journey on to a distinctly feminine, vague, non-controversial self-help template that promises personal fulfillment through consumption. 55,040, © 2020 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved 150,050, This story has been shared 55,040 times. Terms of Use Do Not Sell My Personal Information, Your California Privacy Rights Michelle Obama’s book tour. In her candid memoir, the former first lady discusses her childhood on Chicago South Side, her relationship with Barack Obama, her years in the White House, and what she really thinks of President Donald Trump. November 14, 2018 | 7:29pm | Updated November 15, 2018 | 10:42am. Michelle Obama and Donald Trump at Trump’s inauguration. Her parents never went out to dinner and her family never took a vacation. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! It's in the mail: Woman forfeits lotto prize after USPS loses ticket, Court rules the rolls at Subway are legally NOT bread, Who won last night's chaotic debate? Obama plans to donate 10 percent of ticket sales to charity. In these Oscar-caliber trailers, Obama runs through her resumé — Harvard Law, corporate attorney, working at the Chicago mayor’s office, the University of Chicago, the University of Chicago Medical Center, advocate for military families, girls’ education, spearheading a movement against childhood obesity, advocate for bygone days of fairness and decency, devoted wife and mother, humble yet strong, joyful yet pensive, the lone person besides her husband to understand the pressures of the presidency — as if to prove, despite her current denials, that she has the bona fides to run for public office. She writes that she felt she had “failed” after a pregnancy ended in a miscarriage. In comparison, Bill Clinton’s advance for his 2004 book My Life was $15 million, Vox reported, or about $21 million when adjusted for inflation. Nosebleed seats start at $30, while front-row seats go for $3,000 and include a pre-show photo opportunity with the former first lady, a signed book, and other “VIP” gifts. In summer, the family would stretch a single pint of ice cream for days. 55,040. The cheapest ticket I could find, five days after the on- sale date, was for $920.81, and that came with no extras: No meet-and-greet, no signed book, no free book, no T-shirt or tote bag or even a food court coupon. Her mother brought their own food to the drive-in. As Barack Obama infamously said in 2010: “I do think, at a certain point, you’ve made enough money.”, Today, the Obamas have raked in hundreds of millions in book sales and advances, a multi-year deal with Netflix, and speaking gigs to the Wall Street bankers they one vilified, righteously decrying the abandonment of the 99 percent as they breathe ever more rarefied air. “My story is the quintessential American story.

This story has been shared 371,352 times. Tickets have been selling out, which has frustrated some fans. It’s impossible to imagine any figure on the right getting such a pass from the media, let alone praise for it. Sitemap

Vox estimated that the Obamas’ memoirs would need to sell several million copies before Penguin Random house started making money from it. Would you like to receive desktop browser notifications about breaking news and other major stories? How nice it might have been for the poorest of today’s Chicago, the little girls who currently live as the young Michelle Obama did, if they could have attended this event.

On Tuesday night, the former first lady kicked off her 10-city North American book tour, which more closely resembled a cult-of-personality-propaganda-rally, at the United Center in Chicago. The qualities certainly weren’t on display Tuesday night; there were moments even Winfrey seemed to check out, as Obama devolved into vagaries.

Michelle Obama’s new book Becoming is due out November 13, and it’s already climbing the Amazon best-seller charts.

Thanks for contacting us. Ironically, Obama writes in her memoir, which clocks in at over 400 pages, that she isn’t particularly introspective. Terms of Use That should make Obama’s publisher very happy, since she was paid a lot to write it. “I am becoming the new face of 40,” said one to rapturous cheers. This is a dangerous exercise in hagiographic narcissism, one too easy for the subject to believe. “Michelle Obama is kind of a rock star herself.”. The huge numbers are a sign that the publisher is confident Becoming will sell very well. Last week, Michelle Obama announced her nationwide book tour of “Becoming,” her first memoir. As for the conversation itself, it was curiously free of substance. The couple eventually conceived their two daughters using in vitro fertilization. We've received your submission. The tour kicks off on the book’s release date, Nov. 13. However, Obama is donating 10% of tickets for each date to community groups and charities.

So who better to moderate the first date on this 10-city tour — billed as “an intimate conversation,” but really just a rehashing of the book’s apolitical anecdotes —than Oprah Winfrey, herself touted earlier this year as the Dems’ best hope for 2020? But when tickets went live on Friday, fans freaked out at the sky-high prices, which are as expensive as going to a Beyoncé concert. Let’s look at how much Michelle Obama got paid for her new book. The tour starts in her hometown of Chicago on November 13. Is it any surprise that nearly 50 percent of Democrats, as of April 2017, said that their own party is out of touch with the worries of average Americans? Your California Privacy Rights A sliver of the 20,000 seats available for the Chicago event were priced at $29.50, and those sold out within five minutes of going on sale in September. This story has been shared 371,352 times. Much of the Obamas’ record-breaking advance is going to charity, the couple said. Penguin Random House bet heavily on the projected success of books by Michelle Obama and her husband, giving the couple a two-book deal speculated to be worth $60 million… And to all the unblinking fans, who continue to make this would-be Woman of the People beyond their very own grasp. (Dates have been added in London, where scalped tickets are going for over $90,000 each, and Paris.). The tour starts in her hometown of Chicago on November 13. It's in the mail: Woman forfeits lotto prize after USPS loses ticket, Court rules the rolls at Subway are legally NOT bread, Who won last night's chaotic debate? The former first lady’s 10-city book tour, which is promoted as “an intimate conversation,” includes two shows at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. “I paid around that much to see Beyonce both times lol. “I am becoming a better leader and a better person,” said another. 371,352, This story has been shared 150,050 times. “The economy must be good,” said one attendee. 150,050, This story has been shared 55,040 times. Indigenous woman films Canadian hospital staff taunting her before death, Chrissy Teigen announces miscarriage in heartbreaking Instagram post, My public charter school is one of my greatest passions, Noel Ashman’s autobiography authored with ‘Fat Albert’ film scribe, © 2020 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved, How Mariah Carey, Jessica Simpson and more are making shameful secrets relatable, Obama's high school hoops jersey is up for auction – and it could go for six figures, Michelle Obama talks coronavirus, voting on Conan O'Brien, Michelle Obama, Bill Clinton set for 'West Wing' reunion on HBO Max, Screaming kid on scooter chased by bird faces his fear, Amazon takes $50 off year-long Audible subscription for Prime Day deal, Amazon Prime Day 2020: The best early deals to shop now, Postmates is scoring delivery wins all football season, A Freshly subscription is the perfect lunch option while working from home, This all-natural antibacterial spray eliminates germs in seconds, Marie Osmond's 'Talk' exit thanks to Sharon Osbourne and Sheryl Underwood. (It was the 13th most-sold book during the week of November 4.) “What they stand for, what they have stood for and worked for, and the ticket prices.”, “[Her fans] have reason to be upset,” political consultant Delmarie Cobb added, “because I’m sure they felt that if she was going to be [doing] a book tour, it was going to be for the masses, not just for the elite.”, For readers, a clue to the Michelle Obama of today comes in her dedication, preceding the book’s otherwise poignant first line about her simple childhood aspirations. She writes, movingly and without self-pity, of the cramped one-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment she and her brother were raised in, sleeping side-by-side in the living room, the young Michelle dreaming of a house with stairs. Becoming is likely to sell millions of copies, especially since Oprah named it her next book club pick. This story has been shared 150,050 times. Thanks for contacting us. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and Google Podcasts. Pizza was a luxury. This story has been shared 371,352 times. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Even more dispiriting: The first third of Obama’s memoir “Becoming” — part of a $65 million joint book deal that includes her husband’s forthcoming memoir — is all about her childhood of poverty and dispossession on Chicago’s South Side. She may be running for president, or may be #becoming a lifestyle guru.