'Becoming is never giving up on the idea that there's more growing to be done.' "Becoming" by Michelle Robinson Obama Michelle mentions at the beginning of the book that she started taking Piano lessons from her very strict Aunt Robbie at the tender age of 4. And the first step of learning Piano is to find the key middle C. You find it, and you have the whole perspective lying clearly in front of you. You lose it and you lose the whole plot. Life is like that too. To become your best version, you need to keep your Middle C in view. Becoming is the autobiography of Michelle Obama, and very powerfully captures her journey from a middle class rental home at Southside, Chicago to entering Princeton, her career in law, relationship with Barack Obama, juggling motherhood with her campaigning duties and finally her life as the FLOTUS. Such books are very hard to write as there is a heavy risk of them ending either on the boring or frivolous end of the spectrum. But Mic