Viola Desmond: Her Life and Times

As glad as I am that there exists, in the world and in my library system, a biography of an accessible length about a Black woman, about her relation to Black activism, the history of racism in Canada (primarily Nova Scotia), and what it was to be an entrepreneur in the 40s and 50s, having learned while reading this book that both authors have previous published works involving the life of Viola Desmond, I can't help but think that an updated edition of each of their books including whichever bits of material were not available originally to be included would be better then the piecemeal, repetitive nature of this work. 
I couldn't shake the repeated impression of redundant passages added to bulk up the word count, alongside the feeling that the historical context of Viola's times, and the subsequent history of racism and racial justice in Canada, and the United States, made up far more of the book than her life did. 
I wish I had read other books cited here so I could confidently point readers in other directions. 
There are facts and history here, but the overall experience is scattered and incomplete. A tragic part of this seems to be sections of Viola's life lost to time, which makes me more grateful that she is recognized as an important figure in Canadian history, now. 
I do appreciate the epilogue underlining the reality of systemic racism as part of Canada's present, not just it's past, and the urgent need for a “full acknowledgement of the problem” in light of supremacist forces resurgence on both sides of the border and statistics emphasizing ongoing discrimination today.