This like-new edition is in excellent condition, with a single inscription on the page before the title page, the book is tight, square, and unmarked. Dust cover is unmarked, black cloth boards, and silver lettering on the spine of the book. Ten Things I Wish I'd Known: Before I Went Out into the Real World by Maria Shriver, released in 2000, is a personal and motivational book based on the commencement address Shriver delivered at the College of the Holy Cross. In it, she shares ten valuable life lessons she wished she had known before embarking on her professional career and adult life. These lessons stem from her experiences as a journalist, television producer, and public figure, balancing her roles in work and family life.