Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorMichelle Obama has penned her second book, “The Light We Carry,” a follow-up to her bestselling memoir “Becoming.” The new book is set to be published in print and digital formats Nov.
15.In “The Light We Carry,” which clocks in at 336 pages, Obama offers a series of 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.“I’ve learned it’s okay to recognize that self-worth comes wrapped in vulnerability, and that what we share as humans on this earth is the impulse to strive for better, always and no matter what,” Michelle Obama writes in the intro to the book. “We become bolder in brightness.
If you know your light, you know yourself. You know your own story in an honest way… One engaged community can ignite those around it.
This is the power of the light we carry.” Penguin Random House acquired worldwide publishing rights to “The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times.”Obama tweeted about her forthcoming book Thursday:These past few years, I've been thinking about how to stay centered in a world filled with so much uncertainty.
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