by Brianna Wiest From Brianna Wiest — In May 2024, Brianna Wiest returned to Elizabethtown College to deliver the commencement address to its graduating class. "The 9 Things Every Graduate Should Know" is that speech, transcribed and designed as a book: nine lessons she wishes she had known at the moment of her own beginning, written to an audience of one
Perfect for: -Graduates of high school, college, or any program — the primary audience, directly addressed -Anyone in transition: career change, relationship change, starting over, starting fresh -Readers of Wiest's longer works who want her most direct, personal, and concentrated voice -Gift buyers looking for something more substantive than a card, more personal than a generic inspirational book, and specifically calibrated to the moment of a graduation