Name: The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
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Author: Obama, Michelle
ISBN: 9780593237489

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The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times

Type

Physical Book

Author

Michelle Obama

Publisher

Crown Publishing Group (NY)

Year

2022

Language

English

Pages

336

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.8 x 14.0 x 2.5 cm

Weight

0.34 kg.

ISBN13

9780593237489

Synopsis "The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times"

#1 NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER - In an inspiring follow-up to her acclaimed 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.

Michelle Obama

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Michelle Robinson Obama was First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. She graduated from Princeton University and Harvard Law School, and began her career as a lawyer at the Sidley & Austin firm in Chicago, where she met Barack Obama, her future husband. Later, she worked at the city hall and at the University of Chicago and its medical center. Also in that city, she founded the branch of Public Allies, an organization that prepares young people to work in the public service sector.

Currently, the Obamas live in Washington D.C. and have two daughters, Malia and Sasha.

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