Becoming was a pretty mundane verb until Michelle Obama elevated it to stardom. In case the literary grapevine has not reached you, the autobiography penned by the former first lady, the 2018 bestseller is titled BECOMING. History tells us, it has been the legacy of former First Ladies of the Unites States to share their experiences in the form of memoirs. From Eleanor Roosevelt to Hillary Clinton, this tradition has sparked public interest but Michelle’s memoir has garnered the most attention worldwide. And it is something evident in the title of her book - becoming . Since her appointment as the first lady of the United States, she became various things to various audiences. As the first African American woman in the White House built at the cost of black slaves' sweat, she became the realization of Martin Luther King Jr's " I have a dream ". For striving working class families living in rural neighborhoods in America, she became the representation of the girl f...