“A funny, poignant story about resilience, love, and living life one step at a time.” —Kimberley Lovato
A refugee and an immigrant.
One of the first women CEOs in tech.
Overcoming adversity helped define her.
Now she must define herself yet again.
Who are we when we lose
what defines us?
The daughter of refugees, an ostracized immigrant, and a white girl at a mostly Black school, Tania Romanov defied the odds. Climbing from public schoolroom to head of the boardroom, she became one of the first women CEOs in tech. Along the way she also found love.
In I Will Be the Woman He Loved, her most personal and timely memoir yet, Romanov chronicles her search for identity after the end of her trailblazing career and the loss of her soulmate, Harold. Over a two-week walk along England’s Thames Path, Romanov reflects on their love story and their battle against cancer—reflections that reveal a lifelong fight to be herself.
Revisiting past lives, loves, and lessons, Romanov recounts the challenges of her immigrant childhood and being a successful young woman in a pre-#MeToo, male-dominated workplace. All the while, she struggles to come to terms with a future very different from what she imagined—one in which she must rediscover her love of life and redefine herself yet again.
Co-written with Matthew Félix. Out now!
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