Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua puta mai he haurongo hou mo Michelle Obama e mea ana i te timatanga he whakapae tona whaea mo tana hunaonga o muri mai no te mea he iwi whakauru ia. No Kenya te papa o Barack Obama, he wahine mā tōna whaea. I tutaki ona maatua ki Hawaii ahakoa i whakarerea e tona papa tana whanau i te wa e rua noa iho nga tau o te perehitini o muri mai. Kei roto te kerēme i roto i te haurongo hou o te Wahine Tuatahi i tuhia e te kaikawe o Washington Post a Peter Slevin. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Ko Marian Robinson, i te taha matau rawa, i haere ki Haina i te Maehe o te tau kua hipa, i te taha o te Wahine Tuatahi, i waenganui, me ana mokopuna ko Sasha, i te taha maui rawa, me Malia. Ko te haurongo hou o Michelle Obama, matau, e kii ana ko Mrs Robinson, tuarua mai i te taha maui, i whai whakaaro mo tana tamahine e marena ana ki tetahi tangata o te iwi whakauru, engari kaore i roa ka riro te perehitini o muri mai i tana hungawai. Heoi anō, ahakoa tōna pōhēhē i te tīmatanga, i riro a Marian Robinson, 77 tau, i te roia nui, whai wawata tōrangapū nui. Hei wāhanga o tana rangahau ki te oranga o Mrs Obama, i kitea e Mr Slevin tētahi uiuinga ki te whakaaturanga 'Chicago Tonight' a WTTW i kōrero ai Mrs Robinson ki te take o te iwi. I kii ia ki te kaiwhakahau kaore ia i te awangawanga mo tona taonga tuku iho-iwi. 'Kāore tērā i pā mai ki a au i te mea he mā tonu ia.' I kii a Mr Slevin ki te New York Daily News 'Ko Marian, kaore i te pana, i pai ki a Barack.' I marenatia a Barack Obama ki a Michelle, i whakaahuahia i te Oketopa 18, 1992 i Chicago, Illinois. I neke te hungawai o Mr. Obama ki te Whare Ma i muri i tana taenga mai ki te perehitini hei awhina i a ratau tamariki tokorua a Sasha raua ko Malia. Kua haerere ia me nga Obama, e haere tahi ana me ratou i etahi haerenga tae atu ki nga haerenga ki Awherika me Haina. Ko te pukapuka, 'Michelle Obama: A Life' kei te tukuna i te Paenga-whāwhā 7 e Alfred A. Knopf mo te $ 27.95 i runga i te pepa pakeke. E ai ki te kaiwhakaputa, he pukapuka whakaaweawe te pukapuka, he tino taipitopito, he mea tuhituhi ki te élan, koinei te korero tuatahi mo te oranga me nga wa o Michelle Obama, he wahine angitu me te kaupapa... me te nuinga...
I kī a Marian Robinson he āwangawanga tōna mō tana hunaonga ā muri ake nei. He wāhanga tēnei o te kōrero hou a Michelle Obama. Ko te pukapuka, ka puta i te marama e whai ake nei, ka kitea he uiuinga pouaka whakaata tawhito. I te wā o te uiuinga, ka whakamārama a Mrs Robinson i ōna wehi e pā ana ki te iwi. I kii ia ka manukanuka ia mena he ma katoa a Mr Obama.