Frances Moore Lappe: Getting a Grip on Democracy
March 19, 2008
Frances Moore Lappe writer, activist
David Leslie executive director, Food for Free

Francis Moore Lappe makes suggestions that would allow ordinary citizens to rise above cynicism and restore democracy in America.

In 1971 Francis Moore Lappe wrote the legendary best seller, Diet for a Small Planet, which profoundly shaped the ethics of eating for generations.

Her new book is the latest stop in her lifelong quest for an ethical relationship between human beings and the planet they live on. In Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity and Courage in a World Gone Mad, Lappe looks at a world beset by problems from poverty, to hunger, to environmental collapse, and asks how Americans can find new inspiration to use the tools of democracy and achieve badly needed change.

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Image of Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity, and Courage in a World Gone Mad
Author: Frances Moore Lappe
Publisher: Small Planet Media (2007)
Binding: Paperback, 208 pages
Image of Diet for a Small Planet
Author: Frances Moore Lappe
Publisher: Ballantine Books (1991)
Binding: Paperback, 479 pages
Image of Democracy's Edge: Choosing to Save Our Country by Bringing Democracy to Life
Author: Frances Moore Lappe
Publisher: Jossey-Bass (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 496 pages
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