Reason for Hope

Critical Praise

"Being with Jane Goodall is like a walk with Gandhi." -Boston Globe

"The Einstein of behavioral sciences." -Los Angeles Times

"One of the ten most influential women ever." -Wendy Wasserstein, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright

"Jane Goodall's work with chimpanzees represents one of the Western world's greatest scientific achievements." -Stephen Jay Gould

"Without question one of the most significant contributors to our knowledge of the world around us." -Encyclopedia Britannica

"The scarcity of Jane Goodalls...may be more ominous than the scarcity of chimpanzees." -Rocky Mountain News

"A heroine, in a hero-less time." -Christian Science Monitor

"In this marvelous book..Goodall reveals -- with clarity, great passion, and purpose -- her inner journey. How invigorating it is to read the memoir of a scientist who proclaims frankly, and in language often infused with power and grace, an abiding faith in the sacredness of all life...This is a moving and inspiring book that will be treasured by all concerned about the fate of the planet and its inhabitants."

- Publishers Weekly, Starred Review