Former first lady Michelle Obama in Phoenix for book tour
PHOENIX (FOX 10/AP) - Former first lady Michelle Obama will be in Phoenix on Tuesday for the final leg of her book tour.
"Becoming: An Intimate Conversation with Michelle Obama" will be at 8 p.m. at Comerica Theatre in downtown Phoenix. The event is sold out.
"Becoming" is among the fastest-selling nonfiction books in history and already among the best-selling political memoirs of all time.
It sold more than two-million copies in the U.S., making it the best-selling book of 2018.
Before Tuesday night's book tour event, Obama visited a roundtable for Native American students in the Gila River Indian Community in Chandler. Students there had no idea she was coming. Obama has an initiative known as "Reach Higher" to encourage students to pursue postsecondary education.
2019 Dates for "Becoming: An Intimate Conversation With Michelle Obama":
*Rescheduled from original December 5, 2018 date