1’s Pursuit of Happiness is Miranda Rights’ deeply personal account of a life that rarely followed the expected path. Moving through childhood in Brooklyn, family memories, sports, military service, addiction, recovery, emergency response, relationships and years of unanswered questions, Miranda looks back at the experiences that shaped who she became without trying to polish away the difficult parts.

This is not a story built around a perfect transformation or a simple before-and-after version of redemption. It is about what happens when a person keeps moving through contradictions, mistakes, unexpected victories, painful consequences and moments that demand more strength than anyone realizes they possess. Miranda writes openly about falling, getting back up and searching for the reasons behind patterns that followed her across decades.