Owayesakuba nguMongameli wase-US u-Barack Obama ngo-Okthobha u-29, 2019 e-Chicago, e-Illinois.Ifoto nguScott Olson / Getty Izithombe Kunyaka ozele ziincwadi ezisandula ukukhutshwa ezipakishwe ziintatheli zopolitiko kunye nolwazi lwangaphakathi malunga nobongameli obuyintlekele bukaTrump, kunokuba nzima ukwenza abantu bahoye enye imemoir ezayo. Nangona kunjalo, ukuyalela ingqalelo akukaze kube ngumcimbi kaBarack noMichelle Obama. Imemori kaMichelle Ukuba ihambile ngaphezulu kwe-8.1 yezigidi zeeyunithi okoko yaqala ukukhutshwa ngo-2018, kwaye ngoku, INew York Times yenza ingxelo isimemo esitsha sangaphambili sika-Mongameli u-Barack Obama, esesithathu, siyakupapashwa ngo-Novemba ngu-Penguin Random House kungekudala nje emva konyulo jikelele. Ngokuqinisekileyo, imemo, enesihloko ILizwe Lesithembiso, Ngokucacileyo iwotshi zikumaphepha angama-768 kwaye yeyokuqala kwimiqulu emibini.
Le ubude, inkulu-inoveli-efana nobude iphakamisa imibuzo malunga nokuba u-Obama, owayesele engumbhali onobunkunkqele, wasebenzisa ubuchule besiporho ukuze ancede inyama ikhuphe iminyaka yesiphithiphithi phakathi kwephulo lakhe lezopolitiko ngo-2008 kunye nokusweleka kuka-Osama bin Laden ngo-2011. qhekeza kwi IAtlantic Ukusukela ngoMeyi ka-2019, imithombo ekufutshane no-Obama yathi ngamanye amaxesha uyehla encokweni ukuba ubhala incwadi ngokwakhe, kanti uMichelle wayesebenzisa umbhali weziporho ukuze agqibe Ukuba . Kwi ukuvuma kwe Ukuba, iyatsho ukuba iqela labantu belinesandla ekugqibeni incwadi, kodwa ngaphandle kokuba owayesakuba ngumongameli etshintshe ikhosi ukusukela, ngoMeyi, kubonakala ngathi ILizwe Lesithembiso iya kuba onke amazwi akhe .
Kodwa njengokukhululwa komfazi wakhe kutsha nje, kubonakala kuqinisekile ukuba le memoir yamva nje iza kuba yinto enkulu. Inkqubo ye- INew York Times uxele ukuba uCrown, ushicilelo lwePenguin Random House, sele ecwangcise ukushicilela okokuqala iikopi ezizizigidi ezi-3 zencwadi yase-U.S. oku kufikelela kwimveliso eninzi kangangokuba enye ikhutshelwe ngaphandle eJamani. Ukusuka apho, iincwadi ziya kuhanjiswa zibuyele eMntla Melika kwizikhongozelo ezili-112 zokuhambisa. Ngaphandle kokutyhilwa okungapheliyo kweMelika, ii-Obamas zisayonwabele impumelelo yabo.
