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The Light We Carry

"Former First Lady follows up Becoming with this collection 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."

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Former First Lady follows up Becoming with this collection 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.

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THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThe powerful, inspiring follow-up to the critically acclaimed, multi-million #1 bestselling memoir BecomingIn The Light We Carry, former First Lady Michelle Obama shares practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in today's highly uncertain world.She considers 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 do we do when it all starts to feel like too much? Michelle Obama believes that we can all lean on a set of tools to help us better navigate change and remain steady within flux.The Light We Carry 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 overcome various obstacles-the earned wisdom that helps her continue to "become."With trademark humour, candour, 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. The Light We Carry will inspire readers to examine their own lives, identify their sources of gladness, and connect meaningfully in a turbulent world.Praise for Becoming:'An inspirational memoir that also rings true' -- Daily Telegraph'This is a rich, entertaining and candid memoir...it is as beautifully written as any piece of fiction' -- i'In the best moments of Becoming, the miracle of Michelle Obama arises' -- Vanity Fair'Intimate, inspiring and set to become hugely influential' -- Sunday Times'Becoming serenely balances gravity and grace, uplift and anecdote' -- Observer'What a memoir. What a woman' -- Spectator

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