at page 120, michelle obama almost drove me to tears. knowing that what she described was real & that it happened every day to so many people somehow got to me. obviously, i knew this before & that every one has gone through pain, but i think that reading this from the perspective of such a strong woman who has spent years being the face of multiple movements really touched me. of course, this is what autobiographies are about, revealing your inner self to the reader who perhaps had never truly known you at all, but as someone who doesn’t read a lot of this genre, it exposed me to someone who has lived the almost opposite life to me & that’s one of the most important experiences reading can do for you. michelle held my hand as she walked me through her memories, her doubts, her longings & you do feel as though you’ve stepped through her story. there are inevitably pacing issues but i think that’s a somewhat staple of the genre & the tone sometimes felt sometimes inconsistent. overall, it’s a great book about a brilliant woman with a unique perspective; being the first & currently only black first lady.