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The Urgent Life shines a bright light on the intricacies of the shadows shes been in and illuminates the beauty of her urgent lifeSerena Williams

From iconic leader Bozoma Saint John comes a memoir of grief and one womans drive to thrive in the face of loss

When Bozoma Saint Johns husband Peter died of cancer she made one big decision to live life urgently Bozoma was no stranger to adversity having lost her college boyfriend to suicide navigated an interracial marriage grieved a child born prematurelya process that led to her and Peters separationand coparented the daughter who she and Peter shared When Peter knew his cancer was terminal he gave Bozoma a short list of things to do cancel the divorce and fix the wrongs immediately

In The Urgent Life Bozoma takes readers through the dizzying numbing days of multiple griefs and the courage which these sparked in her to live life in accordance with her deepest values time and time again We witness Bozomas journey forward through the highs and the lows as she negotiates life as a woman determined to learn from tragedies to build a remarkable life worth living even in her brokenness

Bozomas story is extraordinary but her grief is not uncommon and her courage is sure to touch any reader who has loved mourned and is finding a path through loss and grief as well as anyone who is maneuvering a pivot and wants to live life to its fullest