How can we create a better future? How do we want to live? How do we not lose hope in the face of all realism?** A three-hundred-year-old violin that can tell us a lot about forests and climate, a praise of being an aunt that praises the childless woman as a pillar of society, and sharp criticism of billionaires who endanger our democracy: In her new book, Rebecca Solnit explores how we can shape the present and future through our actions. Based on the pressing issues of our time - climate change, threats to democracy, women's rights - she first looks back and explains how we got to where we are today, and then looks forward. New product