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The trailer for The Light We Carry: Michelle Obama & Oprah Winfrey has finally arrived.
The event was filmed on the final night of the former First Lady‘s book tour, where she sat down for a conversation with Oprah Winfrey.
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Here’s a synopsis: On the final stop of the tour for her 2022 bestseller “The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times,” Michelle Obama unpacks her toolbox. In a wide-ranging conversation with good friend Oprah Winfrey, the former First Lady shares personal family stories about her childhood and time in the White House, offers hard won wisdom about self-confidence, fear, and aging, and gives practical advice for living in modern times, including the power of a kitchen table full of friends. Covering everything from menopause to social issues to romance, Obama and Winfrey have a candid, at times poignant, at times comedic but always real conversation about the moment in which we are living.
The special debuts on Netflix on April 25. If you haven’t read the book yet, buy it here.
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