From a Washington Post review by Dawn Turner of the book by Michelle Obama titled “The Light We Carry”:

Michelle Obama’s 2018 memoir, “Becoming,” was a phenomenon: It broke sales records and turned the former first lady into a whole new kind of celebrity. To follow up, Obama had planned to write another inspirational book about how she overcame adversity. But the uncertainty and upheaval from the pandemic, the continued killings of Black people by police, the crimes against Asians and members of the LGBTQ community, and the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol broadened her reach and demanded a different course.