"A record of an era, winding one girl's coming-of-age story through the drama of political evolution . She has captured that amazing sense of possibility that grew with each year, the confidence that not only was the promised dream within reach, it was also upon us." --Mary Maher, Irish Times "This is a document historians dream of . it captures the spirit of the 1960s--its fun and crazy idealism--in the life of one spirited young woman." --Joan Bakewell, Sunday Times "Unerringly perceptive and funny . if you want to know what the sixties were like, read this book." --Julie Christie "The book works best in conveying the excitement generated by ideas, not just straightforwardly political ones but those about art and the wider definition of liberation . I wasn't there, but I'm happy that Rowbotham was, and that she remembers it with such clarity.

" -- Literary Review "A rich, painful picture emerges of women searching for both words and spaces to articulate the insights of feminism." -- The Women's Review of Books "The accounts of the successes, failures, joys and pains of young adulthood have the qualities to be found in the best creative writing. It is a book to be read for the quality of its writing and the honesty and humor of its presentation, as much as for the history it reveals." --Dorothy Thompson, Times Higher Education SUpplement "An honest account of radical activism, love affairs, studies, travels, teaching, agitation and other stuff of the sixties." --Anna Aslanyan, Tribune.