"Towards the end of this incredible book of an incredible life put to words (which I blew through in one five-hour sitting), Gisèle Huff writes, 'I am a survivor because life is the most precious of all things, and what you do with it is the reason you are living it.' If there's one thing I hope readers walk away with from this book, it is that every human being deserves the opportunity to fulfill their full potential as empowered individuals and members of their communities, at as small a scale as the family to the larger scale of the nation to the largest scale of the entire human race. No one alive today does anything entirely on their own, and none of us would be where we are today without those who came before us—and those like Gisèle who do everything they can in the present to make a positive difference in this world, who truly believe in the torch of hope and hold it aloft to light the way for others. When Gisèle writes that the concept of universal basic income 'just happens to be the last, best hope for the human species,' know that these words come from someone who knows better than most living today just how bad things can get, and how great things can be, if we just set sail for a new world that we together—and only together—have the power to reach."