Darkness to light a memoir series#

In the process, she reveals hidden worlds and a dazzling menagerie of behaviors and animals, from microbes to leviathans, many never-before-seen or, like the legendary Giant Squid, never-before-filmed in its deep-sea lair. She just wanted to know one thing: Why was there so much light down there? Below the Edge of Darkness takesreaders deep into our planet's oceans as Widder pursues her questions about one of the most important and widely used forms of communication in nature. Concerns about her career went out the window. On her first visit to the deep ocean, in an experimental diving suit that took her to a depth of eight hundred feet,she turned off the suit's lights and witnessed breathtaking explosions of bioluminescent activity. Her focus turned to oceanic bioluminescence, a scientific frontier in our last earthly one, and with little promise of funding or employment she took a leap into the darkness. But after complications from a surgery during college caused her to go temporarily blind, she became fascinated by light as well as the power of optimism. 'Edith Widder grew up determined to become a marine biologist. Alongside Widder, we experience life-and-death equipment malfunctions and witness breakthroughs in technology and understanding, all ofit set against a growing awareness of the deteriorating health of our largest and least understood ecosystem'.

In this profoundly honest book, Lamar invites you to walk with him through the good times and bad, while looking ahead to a brighter future.'Edith Widder grew up determined to become a marine biologist. He shares his personal account of the lifelong passion that started as one shining light in a childhood marked by loss and led to his international fame as one of the most extraordinary athletes of all time. Lamar brings basketball fans directly into the action of a game during the Lakers championship years. From the pain of his unraveled marriage to Khloé Kardashian to the harmful vices he used to cope-and the near-death experience that made him rethink everything about his life-this is Lamar as you have never before seen him. His exclusive and revealing memoir recounts the highs and lows of fame and his struggle with his demons along the way to self-discovery and redemption. In Darkness to Light, Lamar gives readers an intimate look into his life like never before. But until now, his most candid moments have remained behind closed doors.

Darkness to light a memoir series#

The world knows Lamar Odom as a two-time NBA world champion who rocketed to uncharted heights of fame thanks to being a member of both the storied Los Angeles Lakers and the ubiquitous Kardashian empire.įans have long praised his accessibility and genuine everyman quality-he is a blinding talent who has suffered a series of heartaches, setback, and loss. Desperation and elation-sometimes in the same hour.