A beautiful woman from the south side of Chicago sits alone in her garden ready to evaluate the sum of her life. We follow her to the upstairs one-bedroom apartment she shared with her parents and brother, as a child. She then takes us to the moment when her mom stood as her champion in the second grade. We sit in on the meeting she had with a high school counselor who told her she wasn’t good enough before even knowing her. It is in each moment that we learn more about this woman, who she is, and what drives her. Eventually, we follow her to the moment that would shape her life forever, when she met one man, and that man challenged her to question her very purpose. That woman’s name is Michelle Obama. The book is Becoming, and you’re listening to LIT Society. Let’s get LIT! Find Alexis and Kari online: Instagram — www.instagram.com/litsocietypod/; Twitter — twitter.com/litsocietypod; Facebook — www.facebook.com/LitSocietyPod/; and our website www.LitSocietyPod.com. Get in on the conversation by using #booksanddrama.
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No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
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Small Things like These by Claire Keegan
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
ReLIT: The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
The Catch Me If You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World by Jessica Nabongo
Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry
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I Am Not Your Negro by James Baldwin
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ReLIT: Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson (Now a miniseries on HULU)
ReLIT: The Meaning of Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey and Michaela Angela Davis
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