Michelle Obama Obama has said that the two had an "opposites attract" scenario in their initial interest in each other, since Michelle had stability from her two-parent home while he was "adventurous". They married on October 3, 1992. After suffering a miscarriage, Michelle underwent in vitro fertilisation to conceive their daughters Malia Ann (born 1998) and Natasha (known as Sasha, born 2001). The Obama family lived on Chicago's South Side, where Barack taught at the University of Chicago Law School. He was elected to the state senate in 1996, and to the US Senate in 2004. They chose to keep their residence
Natasha and Other Stories Natasha and Other Stories Natasha and Other Stories () is a collection of short stories by Canadian author David Bezmozgis. His first published book, "Natasha" was published in 2004. Stories from the collection first appeared in "The New Yorker", "Harper's" and "Zoetrope All-Story". The book is a collection of linked stories about the Bermans, a Jewish family from Latvia adapting to their new life as immigrants to Canada. The central character is Mark Berman, who is a young child when the family first arrives in Canada. The title story was adapted by Bezmozgis into the 2015 film "Natasha". "Natasha and