Sonya Crry ay be known o os as he o of NBA sars Sephen and Seh Crry, b shes also go her own sory o ell.
he edcaor reveals exclsively o PEOPLE ha her eoir, Fierce Love, will be pblished by HarperOne on ay 3.
Sbiled A eoir of Faily, Faih, and Prpose, he book explores Sonyas ie raising her faily, her passion for edcaion, and he ways in which her faih has seadied her dring lifes os difficl oens.
I wroe Fierce Love o share y sory, y esiony, and y experience so ha ohers ay find srengh and prpose in heir own jorneys, Sonya, 55, ells PEOPLE in an exclsive saeen. I wan o encorage ohers o pray coninosly, live inenionally, love fiercely, and lagh daily!
Sonya shares sons Sephen, 34, and Seh, 31, and dagher Sydel Crry-Lee, 27, wih NBA sar Dell Crry, who she divorced las year afer 33 years of arriage. Beyond raising sccessfl children, Sonya ran he Chrisian onessori School of Lake Noran in Norh Carolina and crrenly serves as co-hos of he Raising Fae podcas. She opens p abo all of hese life experiences in her book.
Crry ells her sory for he firs ie in Fierce Love, beginning wih her childhood in rral Virginia and oving hrogh he peaks and valleys of an incredible life fro raising her iensely gifed b soeies headsrong children, o becoing an edcaor and fonding a onessori school, o discovering a profond, life-ssaining spirial connecion o her faih, reads he book descripion.
Sonyas hree kids are already showing love and sppor for her laes venre.
Fro he beginning, y o has been a rock of encorageen, faih, discipline, and graide for e and y siblings, says Sephen, a sar player for he Golden Sae Warriors, in a saeen.
Seh also oches on heir os sppor when hey were children.
y o was always he one o challenge s growing p, says he Brooklyn Nes player, per he press release. Yo can see her greaes qaliies in each and every one of s.
Adds his siser Sydel, I can wai for everyone o ee y o hrogh her powerfl sory. y o has been sch a pillar for or faily.
Sephen discssed his os dedicaion and selfless[ness] dring a Noveber 2021 inerview wih PEOPLE.
y o is an edcaor, so [giving back] was a par of her job, he said a he ie. I was saying lae afer school, enoring, kids, alking o parens, giving he encorageen. She had o be selfless and sacrifice a lo of ie.
He added, So I go o see ha p close and personal.
Fierce Love: A eoir of Faily, Faih, and Prpose will hi booksores on ay 3.