It was a transformational tool kit for life that doesn't cost the earth.
I would describe it as transformational because it provided an insight into the reality of what it means to be a young, ambitious, highly intelligent, sometimes single black woman in contemporary America.
An interesting little study published this week by the consulting arm of PricewaterhouseCoopers found that the qualities needed in transformational leaders – the sort of strategists capable of rethinking an organisation riddled with cultural and existential problems, like banking after the crash or traditional industries threatened by upstart new rivals – are most commonly found in women over 55.
The Green new deal calls for the re-regulation of finance and taxation, linked to a transformational economic programme to substantially reduce our dependence on fossil fuels.
She nominates it as her transformational moment, where she resolved to be an activist, not a spectator.
Mr Cameron can claim achievements that will stand the test of history: his support for gay marriage, for example; his investment in transformational vaccination programmes for the world's poorest people; his lifting of nearly 3 million poorly paid Britons out of the income tax system.
Art is a transformational force, and I've seen it smooth out a lot of Miami's troubles over the past decade.
"It's a transaction on the nuclear issue," said Rhodes at Camp David, when asked if the US was seeking a transformational deal with the government in Tehran.
Moreover, it is a transformational book because it portrays Nigeria as a place that is mythical, marvellous, chaotic and slightly dangerous, yet also wildly fascinating, with a magnetic power to attract its brightest emigrés back to its shores.
If successfully applied in partnership with all stakeholders, the Lisbon Charter could be transformational in making the human right to water a reality.
