I just ordered this audiobook and I must admit that I haven't listened to it yet. Yet I hear that everyone is very enthusiastic about dit Japanese classic. This could not be otherwise because the book unravels the mysterious life of the geishas. 

With the wisdom of a woman nearing the end of her life, Sayuri tells her life story. That story begins in 1929, in a fishing village, at the moment when Sayuri's life takes a dramatic turn. Her mother is ill, her father old and worn out. A freak accident brings her to the attention of Mr. Tanaka, the richest man in the village, who convinces her father to sell his eight-year-old daughter to a geisha house in Kyoto. In the decadent heart of Kyoto, Sayuri masters the skills of a geisha. Behind a facade of luxury, she is rigorously trained in the art of entertaining and seducing powerful men. But when World War II breaks out and the geisha houses close their doors, Sayuri must rearrange her life and leave her homeland.

I actually only knew Michelle Obama as 'wife of'. Yet you discover that Mrs. Obama is an ordinary woman who also has her insecurities. Yep, even Michelle. In the book she comes across as a very sympathetic and smart lady who has always worked very hard. A real career booster.

Michelle Obama is one of the most iconic and inspiring women of our time. As First Lady—the first African American—she made the White House the most welcoming and warm in history, while establishing herself as a fierce advocate for equal rights and opportunities for (young) women. In her memoir, Michelle Obama takes readers back to the gritty Southside of Chicago when she was a child, recounts her relationship with Barack Obama and his admiration for him, is candid about the demands of motherhood and balancing her career, and vividly recounts the eight years she and her family spent in the world’s most famous address.