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A new biography of former President Barack Obama set to be released May 9 gives details on his past relationships before he met his wife, Michelle.

The biography by author David Garrow, titled Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama, gives many details about his relationship with Genevieve Cook, an Australian-born woman that Obama met after attending Columbia College.

When Obama wrote Dreams From My Father, he wrote about a woman who he shared “the deepest romantic relationship of his young life.” That woman is presumed to be a depiction of Cook.

Here’s what you need to know about Cook and Obama’s relationship:

1. Obama & Cook Reportedly Met On New Year’s Eve In 1983

At the time when the couple met, Obama, who had recently graduated from Columbia, was working for a firm that prepared financial reports, The Daily Mail reported.

The biography tells how Obama met Cook at a New Year’s Eve party in 1983. They apparently spoke at the party for some time before he handed her his phone num

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Former President Barack Obama might not have sat down for an interview with HBO for its new docuseries, Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union, but his ex-girlfriend from the early 1980s, Genevieve Ahearne (née Cook), did.

The three-part series covers Obama’s legacy and uses audio and video from several interviews with the former president throughout his life — just not since he left office. It goes from his childhood growing up in Hawaii and Indonesia and follows through all the way to the end of his second term.

The documentary also includes several of Obama’s friends and former colleagues, including Ahearne. As she explains, they met at a Christmas party in New York after Obama transferred from Occidental College to Columbia University.

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“I was doing a Master’s in early childhood education in New York and I was living at home with my parents. I was invited to a Christmas party and I’m not much of a party-goer, so I was about to go home when Barack stopped me and introduced himself to me — a

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Obama's ex-girlfriend: what her diaries reveal

It could be anybody’s worst nightmare: The diary of an ex-girlfriend or boyfriend suddenly comes to light in a very public way, available for all the world to read.

But for President Obama, whose ex-flame Genevieve Cook comes to life via her private writings in a new biography of the president, the window into the young Mr. Obama may be a plus.

Obama already has a cool image that the Romney campaign is trying to counter. Ms. Cook’s thoughts from the mid-80s, when she and the future president were in a relationship, may only add to that mystique. In her journals, she describes a thoughtful young man, at times emotionally distant, trying to sort through his racial identity and chart an ambitious future.

She also paints a picture full of images and scents that may shout TMI – Too Much Information – but given the buzz around the book, it’s clear the public is interested.

An example: “I open the door, that Barack keeps closed, to his room, and enter into a warm, private space pervaded by a mixture of smells t