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Newspaper Page TextNovember 14, 2018 The Skanner Portland & Seattle Page 7 Arts & Entertainment Michelle Obama Memoir is Next Pick for Winfrey Book Club By Hillel Italie AP National Writer NEW YORK — Michelle Obama’s “Becoming,” already expected to sell millions of copies, now has the official backing of Oprah Winfrey. “This book is every- thing you wanted to know and so much you didn’t even know you wanted to know. I believe it’s going to spark within you the desire to think about your own becom- ing,” Winfrey, who on Monday told The Associ- ated Press in a statement that she had selected “Becoming” for her book club. “It’s so well-written I can hear her voice; I can hear her expressions; I can feel her emotion. What she allows us to see is how she was able to discover, define and then refine her voice.” In “Becoming,” Obama shares such deeply per- sonal revelations as suffering a miscarriage and sharply criticizes President Donald Trump for promoting the false “birther” rumor that Barack Obama was not “ ipated political memoirs in years, topping Ama- zon.com’s best-seller list throughout the week- end. On Monday, Barnes & Noble announced that pre-orders for “Becom- ing” were the highest for any adult book since Harper Lee’s “Go Set a Watchman,” which came out in 2015. Winfrey, publishing’s most established hit mak- er, knows the Obamas well, to the point where Michelle Obama and Ellen DeGeneres once teased each other over who was closer to her. Winfrey was a promi- This book is everything you wanted to know and so much you didn’t even know you wanted to know a U.S. citizen. The for- mer first lady’s book comes out Tuesday and is among the most antic- nent backer of Barack Obama’s candidacy in 2008 and has interviewed both Obamas over the PHOTO BY JOEL C RYAN/INVISION/AP, FILE ‘Becoming’ is Winfrey’s first book from the political world since club started in 1996 In this March 13, 2018, file photo, actress Oprah Winfrey poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ‘A Wrinkle In Time’ in London. Winfrey has chosen Michelle Obama’s “Becoming” as her next book club pick, The Associated Press has learned. In a statement Monday, Nov. 12, Winfrey said the memoir was “well-written” and inspirational. years. She is scheduled to be onstage Tuesday night with Michelle Obama at Chicago’s United Center, the first stop on Obama’s promotional tour. “Thank you, Oprah!” Obama tweeted Monday. “I’ve been so grateful for your friendship and ad- vice for so long. And now I’m honored to join your amazing book club!” Winfrey already has taped an interview with Obama, which airs Thursday on the OWN network, and excerpts of the book will appear in O, the Oprah Magazine and in Elle. A two-part pod- cast will run Thursday and the following Mon- day, Nov. 19. “Becoming” is Win- frey’s first pick by an author from the political world since she start- ed her club in 1996, al- though Obama has said repeatedly she has no in- terest in running for of- fice. Winfrey’s previous picks have ranged from novels such as Colson Whitehead’s “The Un- derground Railroad” and Tayari Jones’ “An Ameri- can Marriage” to Antho- ny Ray Hinton’s memoir “The Sun Does Shine.” View movie trailers at TheSkanner.com