Natalie

A call to action and a call to hope

Revisado: 10-02-24

If you are feeling like the current political situation is hopeless and hopelessly divided, this is the book for you! We (you and I) are the solution. We are the plan. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We can choose hope and choose to do the next right thing just like the amazing unknown (until now) historical figures whose stories are told in this book. I have followed Sharon McMahon (@sharonsaysso on IG) for a LONG time and have been a part of her book group since its founding. She makes learning about history, and government and civics entertaining. (Which is saying something because history - and English - were my least favorite subjects in high school.) And she sites her sources! And challenges you to move outside your bubble.

The book doesn't just teach us history in an engaging way. The book is a call to action. "America at her best is just. She is peaceful. She is good. And she she is free. And it is us [yes, I know, Mrs Hawkes, my 8th grade grammar teacher... it probably should say 'it is we'], the small and the mighty, who make America great." "None of us can do it all. But all of us can do something. And it might as well be the next needed thing." "The character you've been cultivating will be called upon, and when that moment comes, whenever it is, I hope you'll rise to it." "Hope is a choice that we make each morning, and we do not have the luxury of hopelessness if we want to see progress."

Sharon narrates the audiobook and it sounds like she is just talking to you and telling you a story on IG or her podcast ("Here's Where It Gets Interesting"). I have to look at the print version to see if she is inserting into the audio version some of the funny things that she says. Also, there are plenty of inside jokes for long-time governerds (the "ho" is silent, for example.).

I am planning to read it again.

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