THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The powerful inspiring follow-up to the critically acclaimed
multi-million #1 bestselling memoir Becoming In 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
