You Can Never Go Back is the memoir of Sally Timmel, partner and long-term co-collaborator of Anne Hope, founder, in South Africa, of the Gender Advocacy Programme, and the Fair Share economic literacy programme, and co-founder, with Anne, of the Grail Conference and Retreat Centre, and the influential international training programme Training for Transformation.

A powerful insight into effective leadership, the book takes activists through the process of the evolution of critical consciousness, as understood by Brazilian educator, Paulo Freire. Interweaved with wisdom gleaned from a decades of leadership experience, spiritual and theological learning, Sally shows how to start and build successful multinational faith movements and communities based on teamwork and spiritual strength.