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The Urgent Life My Story of Love, Loss, and Survival

Bozoma Saint John

" When Bozoma Saint John's 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 prematurely--a process that led to her and Peter's...

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We Can Do Hard Things

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It is a memoir that Bozoma Saint John is having published by Penguin Books in the spring of 2023. It was mentioned as something she was ready to write and share.

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And in the spring of 2023, Penguin Books will publish her memoir, The Urgent Life.

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It is a memoir that Bozoma Saint John is having published by Penguin Books in the spring of 2023. It was mentioned as something she was ready to write and share.

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And in the spring of 2023, Penguin Books will publish her memoir, The Urgent Life.

When the urgent life is ready, will you come back here please to tell us the story?

I will. I will. And you already know, it's like the process of writing is so, so difficult. But this was, it's been a long time coming and I was ready.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin

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Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin

Bozoma Saint John discussed her book, "The Urgent Life," which talks about how grief impacted her career and internal brand work.

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You talk about how grief has impacted your career and your internal brand work.

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Bozoma Saint John discussed her book, "The Urgent Life," which talks about how grief impacted her career and internal brand work.

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You talk about how grief has impacted your career and your internal brand work.

The Daily Stoic

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The Daily Stoic

It discusses intense personal traumas that shifted the author's perspective on life, the importance of treating people well, and viewing grief as a choice. The book centers on the loss of her husband and child and the lessons learned from those experiences.

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I don't just want to get to the end of my life and find that I have just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.

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It discusses intense personal traumas that shifted the author's perspective on life, the importance of treating people well, and viewing grief as a choice. The book centers on the loss of her husband and child and the lessons learned from those experiences.

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I don't just want to get to the end of my life and find that I have just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.

Her new book, The Urgent Life, My Story of Love, Lost and Survival was released back in late February. And it's about the loss of her husband, a loss of child. And the lessons that came out of that, what she calls the Urgent Life, her version of sort of what comes out of Memento Mori.

It's a beautiful book. We have a great conversation.

Her new book The Urgent Life, My Story of Love, Lost and Survival is just a beautiful, haunting eye-opening book.

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