Award-winning reporter Jodi Kantor takes readers deep inside the White
House in an "insightful and evocative" portrait of Barack and Michelle
Obama (Chicago Tribune) that will surprise even readers who thought
they knew the two icons.
When Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election, he also won a
long-running debate with his wife Michelle. Contrary to her fears,
politics now seemed like a worthwhile, even noble pursuit. Together they
planned a White House life that would be as normal and sane as possible.
Then they moved in.
In the Obamas, Jodi Kantor takes us deep inside the White House as they
try to grapple with their new roles, change the country, raise children,
maintain friendships, and figure out what it means to be the first black
President and First Lady. The Obamas is filled with riveting detail
and insight into their partnership, emotions and personalities, and
written with a keen eye for the ironies of public life.