The light we carry : overcoming in uncertain times
Record details
- ISBN: 0593237463
- ISBN: 9780593237465
- ISBN: 0593237471
- ISBN: 9780593237472
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xii, 318 pages) : illustrations.
remote - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Crown, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The power of small -- Decoding fear -- Starting kind -- Am I seen? -- My kitchen table -- Partnering well -- Meet my mom -- The whole of us -- The armor we wear -- Going high. |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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Genre: | Electronic books. Autobiographies. |
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Electronic resources
- Baker & Taylor
"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""-- - Baker & Taylor
Drawing from personal experiences, the former first lady?â?and the #1 best-selling author of Becoming?â?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 potential and progress around us. - Baker & Taylor
Drawing from personal experiences, the former first ladyâand the #1 best-selling author of Becomingâoffers 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 potential and progress around us. - Random House, Inc.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER â¢Â 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 todayâs highly uncertain world.
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There may be no tidy solutions or pithy answers to lifeâs 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?
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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 obstaclesâthe earned wisdom that helps her continue to âbecome.â She details her most valuable practices, like âstarting kind,â âgoing high,â and assembling a âkitchen tableâ 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.
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âWhen we are able to recognize our own light, we become empowered to use it,â 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.