Features the powerful images and stories of women at work, by a renowned female photographer who has spent a career documenting the human condition around the world From tea fields to technology, women are the resilient, hardworking backbone of their communities. Award-winning photographer Alison Wright's 128 dynamic colour plates portray women in more than 25 developing countries, whose perseverance is often overlooked. Women from Nigeria to Nicaragua share empowering experiences of rising above their circumstances, be it poverty or oppressive cultural conventions. The photos and the women's quotes express what work means to them - creating financial independence, purpose, and community, as well as deep-rooted cultural traditions and handcrafts. Grit and Grace also celebrates the grassroots organisations committed to finding creative solutions to the challenges these individuals face. Give a woman a seed of opportunity, and she will grow a forest. AUTHOR: Alison Wright, an award-winning New York-based photographer, travels all over the globe photographing Indigenous cultures and people while documenting the human condition. Alison was named a National Geographic Traveler of the Year, as someone who travels with a sense of passion and purpose. This is her 11th book. SELLING POINTS: . An art photography book featuring powerful images and stories of women who are rising above their circumstances in developing countries . First book on women at work by a renowned female photographer who has spent a career documenting the human condition around the world . Contains a foreword by the Dalai Lama and call to action by CEOs of international organisations working on creative solutions to women's poverty and oppression 144 colour images