"She is my rock - the one person who keeps it real" - Barack
"Barack and I complete each other as partners, as friends and as lovers" - Michelle
They exploded onto the national political scene in 2004 and within four years captured the ultimate prize. In so doing, they became a First Couple like no other: he the biracial son of a free-spirited Midwesterner and her brilliant but troubled Kenyan husband, raised in Hawaii and Indonesia; she brought up on Chicago's hardscrabble South Side by working class African American parents who sacrificed so she could achieve her dreams of an Ivy League education and a job at one of America's top law firms.
By the time they claimed the White House in one of the most hotly contested presidential races in modern history, Barack and Michelle Obama were seen by millions around the world as the new Jack and Jackie Kennedy - brilliant, attractive, elegant, youthful and exciting.
Given the historic significance of what they accomplished together, the marriage of Barack and Michelle stands as one of the great personal and political partnerships.
Seemingly overnight, they managed to obliterate barriers that had stood for centuries and to accomplish this phenomenal feat with humour, grace and dignity.
By the time he was sworn in using Abraham Lincoln's Bible, Barack and Michelle Obama were indisputably the First Couple not only of America but of the world.
Yet, incredibly, the true nature of that relationship has remained a mystery.
Until now.
Christopher Andersen draws on those who know the Obamas best to examine in detail the unique partnership and the grace, courage and humour that defines it. An inspiring, sympathetic and compelling look at two remarkable individuals, Barack and Michelle (2009) is, above all else, a revealing and stirring love story.
The above is taken from the paperback edition.
About the author: Christopher Andersen is an American journalist and an acclaimed author. He is the former contributing editor of Time and senior editor of People. He is best known for his controversial biographies, among others his most recent work, Mick: The Wild Life and Mad Genius of Jagger (10 July 2012), which quickly became one of his New York Times bestsellers. He is married and has two daughters. He lives in Connecticut.
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