Book description
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 grapple with their new roles, change the country, raise
children, maintain friendships, and figure out what it means to be
President and First Lady. Filled with riveting detail and insight into
their partnership and personalities, and written with a keen eye for
the ironies of public life and the realities of power, The
Obamas is an intimate portrait that will surprise even those who
thought they knew the President and First Lady.
Jodi Kantor began her journalism career by dropping out of Harvard
Law School to join Slate. com in 1998. Four years later, she became the
youngest section editor of the New York Times, taking over and revamping
the Arts & Leisure section. She began covering the Obamas for the
paper in 2007, writing front-page stories that chronicled their
biographies and philosophies, and also writing about Hilary Clinton,
Sarah Palin and other major political figures along the way. She is a
recipient of the Columbia Young Alumni Achievement Award, she was chosen
by Crain's Magazine as one of "40 Under 40" New Yorkers, and
she appears regularly on American television, including Today and the
Charlie Rose Show.
