© Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP Michelle Obama, right, appears with Oprah Winfrey to discusses her book 'Becoming' during her book tour in Chicago on Nov. 14, 2018. Penguin Random House announced Wednesday that the former first lady's multimillion-selling memoir will be released in a young readers edition and also will be coming out as a paperback, more than two years after it was first published.
NEW YORK (AP) — Michelle Obama's “Becoming' is heading for new chapters.
Penguin Random House announced Wednesday that the former first lady's multimillion-selling memoir will be released in a young readers edition. It also will finally be coming out as a paperback, more than two years after it was first published. “Becoming” has sold more than 10 million copies worldwide.
Ip config all for mac. The former FLOTUS announced yesterday that they are releasing a new edition of her amazing life story, called Becoming: Adapted for Young Readers, on March 2. Becoming: Young Readers' + Paperback edition. March 2 at 6:00 AM Today’s the day! You can now find the young readers’ edition and paperback edition of Becoming wherever books are sold. I’m so grateful to have this opportunity to widen our community, and I'm especially excited to welcome more young people into the fold.
Becoming is a memoir of a famous person, Michelle Obama, the first black First Lady in the United States who lived with her husband, President Barack Obama, and their two daughters, Malia and Sacha in the White House for eight years. During that time, alongside taking care of her family, Michelle Obama managed to accomplish four major. Michelle Obama’s worldwide bestselling memoir, Becoming, is now adapted for young readers. Michelle Robinson was born on the South Side of Chicago. From her modest beginnings, she would become Michelle Obama, the inspiring and powerful First Lady of the United States, when her husband, Barack Obama, was elected the forty-fourth president.
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Both books are scheduled for March 2. The young readers edition is for ages 10 and up and includes a new introduction from Obama.
“Growing up on the South Side of Chicago in the 1960s and ’70s, my parents, Fraser and Marian Robinson, always kept it straight with me and my brother, Craig. They never sugarcoated hard truths or presented their reality as anything other than what it was — because they knew we could handle it. I want to give you all that same respect,' she writes.
“So my promise to you is to give you my story in all its messy glory — from the time I struggled in front of my kindergarten class, to my first kiss and the insecurities I felt growing up, to the chaos of a campaign trail, to the strange experience of shaking hands with the Queen of England. . . . I hope that as you’re reading my story, you’ll also think about your own — because it’s the most beautiful gift you'll ever have.'
The paperback edition also features a new introduction by the author, along with a book club guide.
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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Young reader's edition of Michelle Obama's 'Becoming' book out in March