#1 NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER - ONE OF TIME'S
100 MUST-READ BOOKS OF 2022 - In an inspiring follow-up to her
critically acclaimed, #1 bestselling memoir Becoming, former First
Lady Michelle Obama shares practical wisdom and powerful strategies for
staying hopeful and balanced in today's highly uncertain world.
There may be no tidy solutions or pithy answers to life's big
challenges, but Michelle Obama believes that we can all locate and lean
on a set of tools to help us better navigate change and remain steady
within flux. In The Light We Carry, she opens a frank and honest
dialogue with readers, considering the questions many of us wrestle
with: How do we build enduring and honest relationships? How can we
discover strength and community inside our differences? What tools do we
use to address feelings of self-doubt or helplessness? What do we do
when it all starts to feel like too much?
Michelle Obama offers readers a series of fresh stories and insightful
reflections on change, challenge, and power, including her belief that
when we light up for others, we can illuminate the richness and
potential of the world around us, discovering deeper truths and new
pathways for progress. Drawing from her experiences as a mother,
daughter, spouse, friend, and First Lady, she shares the habits and
principles she has developed to successfully adapt to change and
overcome various obstacles--the earned wisdom that helps her continue to
"become." She details her most valuable practices, like "starting kind,"
"going high," and assembling a "kitchen table" of trusted friends and
mentors. With trademark humor, candor, and compassion, she also explores
issues connected to race, gender, and visibility, encouraging readers to
work through fear, find strength in community, and live with boldness.
"When we are able to recognize our own light, we become empowered to use
it," writes Michelle Obama. A rewarding blend of powerful stories and
profound advice that will ignite conversation, The Light We Carry
inspires readers to examine their own lives, identify their sources of
gladness, and connect meaningfully in a turbulent world.
