The film producer with strong philanthropic activity, Nicole Avant he has lived many adventures. As its head Obama presidential campaign in Southern California in 2008, helped the freshman senator from Illinois to victory. She became the first and youngest African-American ambassador to the Bahamas. She has been married to Ted Sarandos, co-CEO of the streaming platform, Netflix since 2009.

Daughter of Clarence Avant, of an influential music industry executive and producer and his art collector wife, Jacqueline, he grew up in Beverly Hills.

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Nicole Avant’s seemingly charmed life was shattered on the morning of December 1, 2021, when an intruder fatally shot her 81-year-old mother with an AR-15 in her home.

Nicole Avant wanted to find meaning in her family’s drama. The result is her first self-titled book “Think You’ll Be Happy: Moving Through Grief with Grit, Grace and Gratitude”.

As its title suggests, the book is part memoir, part guide to grieving and living, but above all, it is a tribute to the three greatest gifts her parents gave her: deep spiritual faith, pride in her history as an African-American woman and a sense of purpose rooted in redemption from the suffering of previous generations.

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Nicole Avant tells how she found the light in her darkest moment. It reminds us that grief is different for everyone, and we have the power to go through it in our own unique way,” says author Cleo Wade about the book.

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An uplifting memoir about how to turn pain into purpose, how to always live with gratitude, and how to face tragedy and turn it into love, says the Kirkus Review reviewer for the book, which was released yesterday in the US.