Michelle Obama 'found her role at London girls' school'

Mrs Obama, who reportedly initially felt isolated at the White House, was said by aides to have discovered her proper role during a trip to the multi-ethnic Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School in Islington, north London.

Jodi Kantor, author of The Obamas: A Mission, A Marriage, wrote: ?She looked at the girls looking at her and saw herself through their eyes, noticing how they hung on her every word

?She saw the responsibility, the impact, the potential, of her role. Her time in the White House had been isolating, yet now across the Atlantic she felt so connected."

Even after they arrived in Washington, the author said Mrs Obama felt rather trapped in her new home.

By contrast, her welcome by the girls of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School was loud and enthusiastic.

Kantor writes that Mrs Obama, whose mother was a secretary, identified with the girls, two thirds of whom spoke English as their second language.

Mrs Obama, who won places at Princeton University and Harvard Law School, told them: "Although the circumstances of our lives may seem very distant I want you to know that we have very much in common."

Kantor?s book is being serialised in The Times.

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