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Reason for Hope
A Spiritual Journey

by Jane Goodall
With Phillip Berman



      Jane Goodall writes about her life as a child, her homeland of England, her travels, and how she ended up in Africa watching chimps for a living. She generously shares how it affected her personal life as a wife and mother and molded her as an animal activist. She talks about the various chimps and how each affected her and taught her something important. Goodall uses her chimps as examples when she comes up against researchers caging chimps for research. It's heartbreaking as she recounts the sadness of the animals she visits in the research centers. Goodall is honest and quite personal as she recounts her marriages and raising her child -- sometimes in the wild. She's lived a fascinating life and continues her activist work today.

Goodall reads the audio version. I wasn't sure about sitting still for an audio book on researching chimps, but I found Goodall's gentle British spirit delivering her convictions, personal insights and tragedies quite mesmerizing.

The Book

Time Warner Audio
November 15, 2005
Audio book - CD - Abridged edition
159483122X
Autobiography
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The Reviewer

Brenda Weeaks
Reviewed 2006
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