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Founded in 1985, the Open Book program in Brooklyn, NY, was a long-running, grassroots adult literacy program, unique in its use of shared decision-making and practices rooted in education for social change. In this oral history study of the program, Ramdeholl, a former teacher in the program, spotlights the voices of real students and teaches as they reflect on the importance of the program in their lives. Each chapter is divided into three sections. A chapter introduction sets the stage for the conversation, followed by a transcript of an actual conversation among students and teachers, discussing the events and issues important in the history of the program and students' journeys to literacy. The third part of each chapter offers reflections by Ramdeholl, analyzing why the program was successful, why it closed, and why there aren't more programs like it. The author argues that the answers to these questions lie in the structures underlying injustice and dehumanization in education, especially adult literacy education. Ramdeholl teaches educational studies at Empire State College. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)