The Light We Carry

The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times is a nonfiction book written by Michelle Obama and published on November 15, 2022, by Crown Publishing. According to the Associated Press, the author "shares the contents of her 'personal toolbox' - the habits and practices, attitudes and beliefs, and even physical objects that she uses to overcome her feelings of fear, helplessness and self-doubt." The Light We Carry has generally received positive reviews from book critics. In February 2023, it was announced that a podcast series by Obama based on topics in the book and the live book tour called Michelle Obama: The Light Podcast was released on March 7 by Audible. In January 2023, it was BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week read by Obama herself.

Background

In 2018, Obama released her memoir Becoming which sold more than 14 million copies worldwide.

Synopsis

The Light We Carry deals with uncertainty in the world such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
Obama describes times where she felt uncertain or out of place such as being a rare African American undergraduate at Princeton in the 1980s or becoming the first African American First Lady of [the United States].