The Light We Carry
2022 • 337 pages
Ratings11
Average rating4.2
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Ratings11
Average rating4.2
In an inspiring follow-up to her critically acclaimed, #1 bestselling memoir Becoming, former First Lady Michelle Obama shares practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in today’s highly uncertain world. There may be no tidy solutions or pithy answers to life’s 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? 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.” She details her most valuable practices, like “starting kind,” “going high,” and assembling a “kitchen table” 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. “When we are able to recognize our own light, we become empowered to use it,” 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.
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Fun, insightful and an easy inspirational read.
Enjoyed it as a read on the plane
She's so smart. There's lots of good advice, but I loved the stories of her family and their time in the White House the most. And her mom.
Probably more of a 3.5.
I wasn't sure if I wanted to read this book because it felt like a self help book and that's one genre I stay away from. But I also couldn't resist listening to Michelle Obama's narration. Turns out it's a bit of self help and some of those parts really went over my head but there were other parts where she talks about her own experiences and friendships and relationships, and that felt more like Becoming which I really enjoyed. So overall, I don't think I would have finished this if it wasn't for the audio because the former First Lady is an excellent narrator. And ofcourse I'll be checking out whatever she writes next.
I loved Michelle Obama's memoir “Becoming” by Michelle Obama (inside joke) so I was naturally worried about this one's sequel-y vibe. How do you follow perfection? But Michelle is so eloquent and her life advice HITS. Perfect balance of wisdom and realness. Straight fire and I think all ages will be able to take something away from this one. To quote Michelle herself, “Hey, Queen! Girl, you have done it again, constantly raising the bar for us all and doing it flawlessly. I'd say I'm surprised, but I know who you are. I've seen it up close and personal. Girl, you make me so proud and I love you.”
