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Six years ago today, Naseem Rochette was crossing the street in her suburban hometown in New Jersey. Her husband was waiting for her on the other side, and watched in horror as she was struck by a car and then run over multiple times. The extreme accident, which left her with several injuries, though no broken bones or internal bleeding, was something Rochette intended to find purpose in.

Rochette considered herself lucky. In the time since the accident, Rochette, a Google alum and a sales leader at Microsoft, has shared her story. Turning the lemons life had handed her into lemonade, Rochette wrote out now.



In the book, Rochette recounts the accident, sharing her life as it led up to that faithful day—she grew up with Indian parents in New Jersey in the 1970s and is now raising three children of her own in her home state. A busy life as a full-time working mom zig-zagging in and out of Manhattan came to a halt when Rochette was forced to slow down and focus on healing. With an unshakable optimism (the book's title says it all), Rochette's book ends with a chapter she calls "The Sermon”—a neat list of 10 takeaways she hopes to impart to readers.

Since the accident, Rochette has reclaimed the day of May 21 in what she calls “Unbreakable Day.” On this Unbreakable Day, a Q&A with Rochette: To be honest, writing a memoir was not something I wanted to do—I didn't think my life was very remarkable—and I would have preferred to just publish the 10 things I learned from.

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