Readers are given a revealing and intimate look at Michelle Obabma's remarkable life -- from her Chicago childhood to her education at Princeton and Harvard, how she first met Barack Obama at the prestigious law firm where they were the only African-Americans, to her role as his closest advisor, and to her own political beliefs. For Michelle, family comes first, and -- like so many women who struggle between family and career -- she seriously weighed her husband's presidential abitions before giving her stamp of approval. Apparently she struck a hard bargain. He had to give up smoking.