I started reading this last summer, but it got buried under the mound of other books I'm reading. However, I began watching "A Path Appears" (excellent PBS series, btw) and it dawned on me that these were the same people, so I picked it up and devoured it, finishing it quickly.

Incredibly inspiring, especially now that I'm at a point in my life where the need for professional "glory" or recognition is becoming "boring." I want (and it's what I *do* do) to have all the different forms my work life takes on be all about being in service, ultimately.

The stories in this book are simultaneously heartbreaking, enraging, and uplifting, and its devastating to fully grok how pervasive and far-reaching the brutalization and torture, disempowerment and devaluation of women is world-wide. And how many Americans can't see it happening in our own country (think sex trafficking, serial abuse, rape culture, etc.).

I dearly wish this book would be part of required reading in schools.