Former First Lady Michelle Obama went on another “secret mission” yesterday, this time in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Obama stopped by King’s English Bookshop yesterday to pick up a copy of her 2022 book, The Light We Carry – a New York Times and USA Today bestseller.
The author walked into the store wearing a dark hat similar to the item she wore during her Missouri Target shopping adventure.
This time she wore a matching black jacket and sunglasses Instagram videohoping no one would recognize her.
Her disguise didn’t work, as customers started taking photos and videos right after she finished signing some of her 2022 books.
Obama’s disguise may not have mattered, especially since store co-owner Anne Holman already knew she was coming.
Michelle Obama decided to go on another ‘secret mission’ in Salt Lake City, Utah. The former First Lady was in town for Qualtrics’ annual X4 Summit
Obama decided to pop into King’s English Bookshop and sign more copies of her 2022 book The Light We Carry. The book was a New York Times bestseller
Anne Holman, co-owner of King’s English Bookshop, revealed she knew about Obama’s planned visit a week before she walked in
According to The Salt Lake TribuneHolman learned that Obama would visit the store a week before her arrival for security preparations.
“When she actually gets there, it really happens, it’s just so cool because she’s Michelle Obama, but she’s also someone you can really become friends with,” Holman said.
Obama didn’t tell viewers how she chose to enter this bookshelf, but she was excited to wear her “trusty dusty disguise” and “beautiful sunglasses.”
She almost immediately began signing copies of The Light We Carry and touted another book called Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Again Think About Race and Identity by Michele Norris.
Customers in the background stared and whispered as she leafed through the book, but Obama didn’t seem to notice.
She and the camerawoman also looked at clothes in the bookstore, and the former First Lady found a framed photo of her husband, Barack Obama, hanging under a shelf.
She bought more than one item at the bookstore, much to the happiness of the employees.
“I received some great reading material for my upcoming travels, a beautiful robe – consider that a very successful adventure,” Obama said.
Obama had hoped her disguise would be enough to keep customers from recognizing her. However, more than one customer couldn’t stop staring at her
Obama purchased more than one item at the bookstore, including a beautifully designed robe. Since then, she considers her journey “a very successful adventure”
Obama completed the ‘secret mission’ in Salt Lake City just weeks after making a special trip to a Target store in Saint Louis, Missouri
Obama’s first mission took place in Saint Louis after she spoke at the National Council for Mental Wellness.
While walking into a Target, the acclaimed author signed copies of The Light We Carry while wearing a neon yellow sweatshirt and sunglasses.
She then grabbed a basket and bought a variety of items, including a T-shirt, a matching pajama set and a pet toy.
The Target employee seemed very calm around Obama, but she didn’t seem to recognize her.
However, she complimented her hair as Obama was ready to walk away.
Obama’s King’s English Bookshop video was flooded with comments after she posted it on Instagram, including one response from the store itself.
The author signed copies of The Light We Carry while at the Missouri Target and went on a quick shopping spree shortly after
Instagram users flooded her video from Salt Lake City with comments. One of the commenters was written by someone who runs the bookstore’s Instagram
‘Thank you for your visit! We are honored and appreciate your incredible support of bookstores and literacy,” the bookstore said.
Others have praised the bookstore itself, with one person thanking Obama for visiting Salt Lake City.
“I love you… In my opinion the best first lady ever and you are so fun and real and exciting and adventurous and kind and compassionate,” one Instagram user wrote.
A few Instagrammers wrote how excited they were to buy the book, with one person hoping to “get their hands on a signed copy.”