What if you have the chance to live three lives? Which one would you choose?

An answer to this thought-provoking question is at the heart of the intriguing memoir, Essentially, Being Me in a Becoming World. It emerged as a rebirth from the ashes of a near-tragedy and life-defining experience of a mother.

In Essentially, Aweto craftily weaves her intensely personal journey and life-changing experiences as she grapples to find meaning and purpose in a trilogy of lives through first choices, second chances and everything in between.

Through the lenses of her personal experiences, she explores themes such as susceptibility, fighting addiction, and aloneness.

The book is an open invitation to self-conversations and discovery through the turbulent storms and uncharted waters of the inevitability of change.

“I’ve learnt that we can only find our authentic selves in vulnerability and only when we find ourselves can we truly find and empower others.” – Pauline Aweto