Barack and Michelle
{{short description|2009 unauthorized biography by Christopher Andersen}}
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| author = Christopher Andersen
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| country = United States
| language = English
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| genre = Biography
| publisher = HarperCollins Publishers
| pub_date = September 2009
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| media_type = Print (hardcover)
| pages = 326
| isbn = 978-0-06-177196-5
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Barack and Michelle: Portrait of An American Marriage is an unauthorized "tell-all" biography{{cite news|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009922718_obamabook23.html |publisher=Chicago Tribune |title=Book: Obama marriage had its up and downs |date=2009-09-23 |author=Katherine Skiba |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002051107/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009922718_obamabook23.html |archivedate=2009-10-02 }}{{cite news|publisher=Chicago Tribune|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-talk-obamas-book-23-sep23,0,2283457.story|date=2009-09-23|title='Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage':New book dishes on the first couple|author=Katherine Skiba}} about Barack and Michelle Obama, focusing on their marriage, written by No. 1 New York Times best-selling author Christopher Andersen and published in 2009.
Background
Andersen previously wrote 28 popular biographies about Princess Diana, Barbra Streisand, the Kennedys, and the Bush family, among others.{{cite news|publisher=Chicago Sun-Times|title=Book details Obamas' marital tiffs|date=2009-09-23|author=Abdon M. Pallasch|url=http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/1785520,CST-NWS-obamaBook23.article|access-date=2009-09-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090926093036/http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/1785520,CST-NWS-obamaBook23.article|archive-date=2009-09-26|url-status=dead}} Barack and Michelle describes the Obamas' marriage as being difficult for several years, as Barack left his accomplished wife, Michelle, to care for children and household, himself turning away from a lucrative legal career to pursue his political ambitions with little success or income.{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/09/22/2009-09-22_story_behind_obamas_domestic_tension.html?page=1|work=New York Daily News|title='Barack and Michelle' tells story behind domestic tension that nearly ruined the Obamas' marriage|date=2009-09-21}} The couple grew closer, according to the book, beginning in 2001 after the sickness of their daughter, Sasha, and Obama's growing political success.
The book draws in part on previously published accounts and Obama's own memoirs. It has been described as a "glowing" portrait of the Obamas, and characterizing their marriage as "solid".{{cite news|publisher=USA Today|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2009-09-21-christopher-andersen-barack-and-michelle_N.htm|date=2009-09-21|author=Craig Wilson|title=A glowing 'Portrait' of the Obamas' rock-solid marriage}} Andersen interviewed 200 friends and relatives of the Obamas in Chicago, Hawaii, and Indonesia, many of whom are identified in the book's chapter and source notes, but not the Obamas themselves.
References
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Category:2009 non-fiction books
Category:Books about Barack Obama
Category:Unauthorized biographies
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