When it came to the home-for-dinner dilemma, I installed new boundaries, ones that worked better for me and the girls. We made our schedule and stuck to it. Dinner each night was at 6:30. Baths were at 7:00, followed by books, cuddling, and lights-out at 8:00 sharp. The routine was ironclad, which put the weight of responsibility on Barack to either make it on time or not. For me, this made so much more sense than holding off dinner or having the girls wait up sleepily for a hug. It went back to my wishes for them to grow up strong and centered and also unaccomodating to any form of old-school patriarchy: I didn't want them ever to believe that life began when the man of the house arrived home. We didn't wait for Dad. It was his job now to catch up with us. (查看原文)
P.s. Thank god Douban hasn't shut down the book review function. When I first came up with the idea of reading this book, what interests me is the fact that Michelle doesn't like "politics" herself. Later, in this whole book, you'll see so many times she de...
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11 有用 伊莎贝 2019-02-12 17:12:08
#2019年第九本#生活告诉我们,进步和变革都是一个很缓慢的过程,不是两年之内,也不是四年之内,或许更不是一生之内就能完成的事,我们努力种下变革的种子,但是我们有可能永远也看不到它结出的果实,我们需要耐心等待。
251 有用 三十一` 2019-01-20 11:54:36
2015年我在三番住的airbnb主人是个落魄的伯克利艺术生,聊天时她对米歇尔赞不绝口,称赞她是卓越的女性。花了一个礼拜时间看了她的自传,看得出她就是写给青年人和女性群体的。书里有她是怎样从芝加哥黑人工人社区一步步读到名校,从穿高级套装出入写字楼到回归社区工作,她也坦承自己婚姻中的脆弱,对政治的厌恶跟嫁给一个胸怀世界励志要改变美国的男人如何做出平衡和牺牲。即便泪水涟涟也永远保持乐观,推荐给感谢兴趣... 2015年我在三番住的airbnb主人是个落魄的伯克利艺术生,聊天时她对米歇尔赞不绝口,称赞她是卓越的女性。花了一个礼拜时间看了她的自传,看得出她就是写给青年人和女性群体的。书里有她是怎样从芝加哥黑人工人社区一步步读到名校,从穿高级套装出入写字楼到回归社区工作,她也坦承自己婚姻中的脆弱,对政治的厌恶跟嫁给一个胸怀世界励志要改变美国的男人如何做出平衡和牺牲。即便泪水涟涟也永远保持乐观,推荐给感谢兴趣的女性朋友读一读。 (展开)
60 有用 Miss. m 2019-03-19 21:27:55
才读到19页就迫不及待地给了5星,因为文笔太好了。于是我查了一下翻译胡晓凯还译过哪些作品,决定买一本。然后我发现她还翻译过一本恐龙的图鉴,就这样,我感觉到天下的女性,无论是哪国的,什么人种,都是一国的。。。。
353 有用 Jonathan 2019-02-13 16:08:24
500页的自传总体而言还是流水账的记录,第一夫人前的经历很吸引人,如何从一个普通家庭读到常青藤再从事一系列工作后最终成为白宫女主,进驻白宫后明显是在褒奖自己和丈夫的从政成绩,反而后记精彩了很多。个人觉得米歇尔的人生不是单凭坚持和自信就塑造的,你要知道伟人本身就具备了超乎常人的特质,比如智慧、健康、理性、隐忍,终归是命中注定吧。
69 有用 嘉木 2019-03-24 16:01:46
政治的确是很无趣的事情啊,米歇尔进入白宫后,几乎就开始跳着看了,那些慰问、对国家的关切、对国民的信念感,都是特别政治正确的东西,但……就是挺无趣的。然而一个悖论是,不正是米歇尔的白宫生活才让我们想要拿起这本书吗,现代人啊,真是无往而不在政治之中。