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The Light We Carry

Overcoming in Uncertain Times

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The Light We Carry

By: Michelle Obama
Narrated by: Michelle Obama
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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.


©2022 Michelle Obama (P)2022 Penguin Audio
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I have this as one of my GO TO listens as she is so clever and kind and wise - she reminds me to be better.

The intelligence and compassion

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A great listen. Deeply personal and relatable, it’s always comforting to know how much she wrestles with the same things we all do particularly her insights on how the pandemic affected her in much the same way it did for so many of us; the overwhelm, the fatigue, the self-questioning of everything we thought we knew and who we were before (and also the random activities we all picked up along the way - her knitting was puzzles for me).

In a time of so many self help guides, she also offers a fresh perspective and I love that it always feels that she has a slightly different take on things - much like Brene Brown. The Whole of Us, Kitchen Table and Meet My Mom were my favourite chapters.

She’s brought herself to this and Becoming, opening the door to her world and her life to show that her condition, is very much a human one.

By the way, I’m an under household 🧻

Very relatable

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Some wise insights in this. An interesting read that provoked thought. I would recommend it.

Good read

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Michelle Obama has a world view we all could benefit from learning and implementing in our lives. Well written, humorous, and well read by the author herself.

Another inspiring and encouraging take on life

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I loved her book Becoming and wasn’t sure what to expect. This is a collection of ideas and advice I think most women can identify with. Loved it.

Really interesting and inspiring

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