INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In a rare window into some of her life's pivotal moments
Melinda French Gates draws from previously untold stories to offer a new perspective on
encountering transitions. "[D]eeply personal... [Melinda French Gates] takes readers inside
the moments that have defined her - becoming a mother grieving the loss of one of her best
friends and grappling with the hard-earned lessons of philanthropy." -NPR "You don't get to
be my age without navigating all kinds of transitions. Some you embraced and some you never
expected. Some you hoped for and some you fought as hard as you could." - Melinda French
Gates Transitions are moments in which we step out of our familiar surroundings and into a
new landscape-a space that for many people is shadowed by confusion fear and indecision.
The Next Day accompanies readers as they cross that space offering guidance on how to make the
most of the time between an ending and a new beginning and how to move forward into the next
day when the ground beneath you is shifting. In this book Melinda will reflect for the
first time in print on some of the most significant transitions in her own life including
becoming a parent the death of a dear friend and her departure from the Gates Foundation. The
stories she tells illuminate universal lessons about loosening the bonds of perfectionism
helping friends navigate times of crisis embracing uncertainty and more. Each one of us no
matter who we are or where we are in life is headed toward transitions of our own. With her
signature warmth and grace Melinda candidly shares stories of times when she was in need of
wisdom and shines a path through the open space stretching out before us all.
