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5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Grave Intentions by RV Raman and The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama.

The Independent UK

Michelle Obama reacts to viral clip of Barack and fan: ‘He doesn’t need to know my business’

The 44th US president remarked during a speech in Michigan that he was now ‘older and grayer’, which led to one woman shouting in response

The Independent UK

Michelle Obama tears up describing the lessons she learned from her late father

‘There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t think about the lessons he taught us and how he is not here to see any of it,’ said former first lady

The Independent UK

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Picture Chicago: This week in 13 photos

Jesse White makes his last public appearance as Secretary of State and former First Lady Michelle Obama visits Chicago on her book tour to talk with David Letterman.

Chicago Sun-Times

Have we fallen out of love with celebrity memoirs?

The year’s autobiography big-hitters haven’t sold as well as expected, with buyers disenchanted by pricing and lack of feelgood topics

The Guardian - UK

Michelle Obama talks about her book ‘Light We Carry’ in Chicago with David Letterman: ‘The world made me practice liking myself’

CHICAGO — Michelle Obama doesn’t tour for a book.

Chicago Tribune

Warnock’s narrow victory solidifies Georgia as a battleground state for 2024

Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock’s narrow reelection win in Georgia’s runoff puts a historically Republican state up for grabs in 2024, giving President Joe Biden an early opening in his bid for a second term.

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Holiday books: Nonfiction

“Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman,” edited by Alan Taylor. (Henry Holt, $32.)

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Community rallies to raise money for nightlife legend’s cancer treatment, order of mayoral ballot decided and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Michelle Obama shares her advice for success on book tour, including overcoming fear, shutting down your inner critic, and radical self-care

"Outside of politics, people can hear me better.”

Fortune

What’s MyPlate? Few Americans know or heed the US nutrition guide

More than a decade after Agriculture Department officials ditched the food pyramid, few Americans have heard of MyPlate, a dinner plate-shaped logo that emphasizes fruits and vegetables.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘You fall, you get up, you carry on’: Michelle Obama shares tools she learned from her father promoting new book at Chicago Theatre

Former First Lady Michelle Obama discusses her book “The Light We Carry” and coping with the pandemic and polarization before a sold-out crowd at Chicago Theatre.

Chicago Sun-Times

Yes, they can? Springfield pays long-awaited tribute to Obama’s historic White House launch: ‘History doesn’t always move quickly’

The new historic marker stands outside the Old State Capitol, where then Sen. Barack Obama launched his presidential bid on a brutally cold February day in 2007 —but unlike Obama, Pritzker and the others who unveiled the marker on Wednesday made their remarks indoors.

Chicago Sun-Times

Michelle Obama shares ways to get through uncertainty in ‘The Light We Carry’

On the outside Michelle Obama has it all — perfect hair, fantastic clothes, a megawatt smile, lucrative book deals, good-looking kids, and an attentive husband.

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Michelle Obama boosts Warnock’s Senate runoff campaign

ATLANTA — Former first lady Michelle Obama is helping U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock energize voters in his Dec. 6 runoff contest against Republican Herschel Walker. It’s her first foray into Georgia politics this cycle and one of only a handful of endorsements she’s issued this year.

Salon

Trump attacks special counsel's family

Trump spent Monday raging at special counsel Jack Smith, his wife and her sister

The Independent UK

MyPlate? Few Americans know or heed US nutrition guide

A new study finds that few Americans have heard of MyPlate, the government diet guide that replaced the long-standing food pyramid

Chicago Sun-Times

A House renovated: Automated flagpole to sit atop Springfield site where Lincoln delivered historic anti-slavery speech

A helicopter removed the old manual flagpole from the dome of the Old State Capitol this week in preparation for installing an automated one as part of an ongoing renovation project. Abraham Lincoln and Barack Obama both made history at the historic building.

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Trump attacks special counsel's wife

Trump and right-wingers claim special counsel Jack Smith's wife shows he can't be impartial

The Independent UK

Conservatives complain about Trump special counsel wife’s links to Michelle Obama

Republicans cry foul and point to Democrats’ anger over Ginni Thomas’s efforts to overturn 2020 election

The Independent UK

Michelle Obama sdoesn’t want her daughters to ‘rush into marriage’

‘I want to make their worlds bigger for them’, she said

The Independent UK

Michelle Obama pleads for paparazzi to leave her daughters alone

‘They are not looking to be followed by the paparazzi just because their mom wrote a book’

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Dear Life Kit: How do I get out of my pandemic rut? Michelle Obama weighs in

The former first lady responds to an NPR listener who says that COVID has left them feeling lost and isolated. Her suggestion? 'Take a risk' and 'put yourself out there.'

The Guardian - UK

The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama review – a guide for life from the former first lady

Obama’s ‘disarmingly honest’ follow-up to the powerful autobiography Becoming shares her strategies for overcoming adversity

Evening Standard

Denim cargo pants should be your go-to this winter — and Michelle Obama agrees

The former FLOTUS makes the case for cargos in a head-to-toe denim look from Ganni

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