Former First Lady and D.C. resident Michelle Obama is celebrating the year anniversary of her memoir Becoming at Politics and Prose on Monday. Expect lines longer than Bad Saint, Rose’s Luxury, or Milk Bar in their hayday.
The event, at the longtime D.C. bookstore’s Connecticut Ave NW location, is taking place at a much more intimate spot than her book tour, in which she headlined stadiums like Capital One Arena.
Getting in requires a wristband, and there is a very comprehensive list of guidelines on Politics and Prose’s website explaining how, exactly, one can attain them.
To score a wristband, a person must buy a hardcover copy of Becoming in the upper Northwest store starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday, November 16. (The book costs $32.50, per the bookstore.) One book means one wristband, which grants one person entrance (though children under 15 can join a wristband-clad adult). Customers can buy a maximum of two signed books, but not more than one wristband.
Then, folks can start lining up on Monday starting at 3 p.m. (the bookstore is closing at 2 p.m. to get ready) for Obama. The event itself begins at 6 p.m., and will entail Obama signing copies of Becoming. There won’t be any photos, personalization, or having other memorabilia signed by Obama, Politics and Prose states. If customers want, they can also buy an early release of her forthcoming Becoming Journal, which will be officially released the following day.
The signing will have “airport-style security,” according to the bookstore. Aside from necessarily medical devices, folks in the signing area can’t hold anything.
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