Check Your Rearview, but Keep It Moving

About the Book

Sometimes you have to look back—not to stay there, but to understand how far you’ve come. In Check Your Rearview, But Keep It Moving, Star McQueen takes readers through an honest journey of growing up in Newark, New Jersey, experiencing profound loss, becoming a mother, navigating love and relationships, confronting workplace challenges, and learning the power of accountability, faith, healing, and personal growth. With candor, humor, and hard-earned wisdom, Star reflects on the experiences that shaped her while reminding readers that their beginnings do not have to determine their endings. From high-school seniors preparing to enter adulthood to adults reflecting on their own journeys, this book encourages readers to learn from what is behind them without allowing the past to control what lies ahead. Check your rearview. Take the lesson. Then keep it moving.

About the Author

Star McQueen is an African American woman born and raised in Newark, New Jersey. She is a wife, mother, and licensed therapist whose personal and professional experiences have given her a unique perspective on resilience, relationships, parenthood, accountability, healing, and personal growth. Through Check Your Rearview, But Keep It Moving, Star shares the experiences that shaped her—from growing up in Newark to navigating loss, motherhood, relationships, career challenges, and becoming the woman she is today. Her voice is candid, relatable, and rooted in the belief that our past can teach us without controlling our future. As a therapist and a woman who has lived through many of the lessons she writes about, Star hopes her story encourages readers to reflect on their own journeys, take accountability where necessary, heal what needs healing, and—most importantly— keep moving forward.