Heather MacAndrew

Genius of Common Sense, Glenna Lang and Marjory Wunsch, Boston: David R. Godine, 2009, 128 pages.

Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity and Courage in a World Gone Mad, Frances Moore Lappé, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Small Planet Media, 2007, 208 pages.

How do you change the world? Where do you start, locally or globally? For inspiration and a way out of the paralysis that stymies so many of us, two remarkable­ women – Jane Jacobs and Frances Moore Lappé – offer some practical­ ideas.