'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

Sheila Rowbotham is Honorary Research Fellow in Sociology in the School of Social Sciences at Manchester University and Visiting Fellow in the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies at the University of Bristol. Her many books include the James Tait Black-shortlisted Edward Carpenter: A Life of Liberty and Love and Dreamers of a New Day: Women Who Invented the Twentieth Century. She has written for, among other newspapers, the Guardian, The Times, The Independent, New Statesman, and The New York Times. She lives in Manchester.

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