Throw the word "sisterhood" in the title of something and I'm immediately intrigued. That's just how I roll. Oh, and add a segment on NPR and I'm probably really going to be interested in the book. Such was the case with Mighty Be Our Powers. With little knowledge of Liberia or the civil war there, I came to the book with an open mind. Leymah does a fantastic job of describing her country both before and during the conflict. Her personal story is one of choices she made and living with those consequences both personally and later professionally. She struck me as a woman who was confident and determined yet not without some regret. At times, I felt the book became weighed down in the politics of the acronym groups working in Liberia and the surrounding countries and the transitions between her descriptions of political events and her own personal story were at a times abrupt and jerky. But the substance of the book is powerful. It's a perfect example that even those with the best intentions need to remember that all conflicts and problems need local solutions and that women are a vital part of the peace and rebuilding process. With her personal story, Leymah illustrates that we are never really a slave to our past decisions or life circumstances unless we choose to be held there. I can't help but be moved, even in my own privileged circumstances, by her close lines in the book "You are a symbol of hope. And so you, too, must keep on. You are not at liberty to give up." A powerful call to do what you can where you are. That's what changes the world.