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tapestry. we have learned a lot about not only the first lady but also this country. i am looking forward to hearing a lot more about the process of writing the book and some of the things that rachel would like to share with us that really animate something that we don t already know. so two began, i think what the audience probably doesn t know is that you had a lot of support, kind of a community of behind-the-scenes players that contributed to this, to the book and starting with a genealogist, certain institutions of fellowship so maybe just to get started, talk a little bit about the genealogy of the book itself and how we arrived at the story. you know i wrote a story in october of 2009 about the first lady s family. with a colleague of mine, and that became the genesis of this book. i am a journalist. this is my first book so this is a new experience from for me. congratulations. thank you. [applause] and really when i set out to do this, kind of had have ....