"The Urgent Life shines a bright light on the intricacies of the
shadows she's been in, and illuminates the beauty of her urgent life."
--Serena Williams
From iconic leader Bozoma Saint John, comes a memoir of grief, and one
woman's drive to thrive in the face of loss
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 separation--and 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 Bozoma's 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.
Bozoma's 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.
