In <i>Still Hopeful</i>, Maude Barlow looks back at her activism with second-wave feminism, fighting free trade and globalization, and water justice. She counters the current wave of pessimism in the world with reasons we need to be hopeful and to use that hope to continue fighting for what is right.

Hope is something the world needs in spades right now. It was nice to be reminded that change can happen, though it takes patience. I enjoyed learning about Maude Barlow’s life in activism. Barbara Saxberg did a nice job narrating the audiobook.

Many thanks to NetGalley for providing me with an audio ARC of this book.

Still Hopeful
by Maude Barlow
Genre: Biography & Memoir (Politics)
Narrated by Barbara Saxberg
Pub Date: 08 Mar 2022

“Giving up hope for change is to condemn so many others to misery”

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞: Maude Barlow has been a linchpin in three major movements in her life: second-wave feminism, the battle against free trade and globalization, and the global fight for water justice. In this memoir she offers lessons of hope that she has learned from a lifetime of activism.

While the messaging was a bit cheesy at times, I really did appreciate the perspectives and wisdom the author had to offer about the often overwhelming work of activism. I listened to it in small doses when I needed inspiration or a reminder not to lose faith in the work being done when the results are not immediately apparent. Barlow's anecdotes about a lifetime in activism across the socio-political spectrum are both inspirational and heartening.

Thanks to NetGalley & ECW Press Audio for the gifted audiobook in exchange for an honest review.

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