Falling down the White House rabbit hole

Memoir: Becoming Michelle Obama, Viking, hardback, 448 pages, €26.10

Kicking back: Michelle Obama on the White House lawn with Bo, the president's dog. Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy

Tanya Sweeney

First Lady memoirs are nothing new, and even though their authors are finally unshackled from the constraints of the White House, some are certainly more revealing than others.

Where Laura Bush's account was hailed as brave and intimate, the release of Nancy Reagan's in 1989 received scant fanfare.