Description: A heartfelt memoir and piercing social commentary, this work recounts one courageous woman's journey towards independence, and evaluates the outcome of the 1960s feminist movement on the women who made it happen--and the daughters born in their wake.
Brief description:
Judith Nies has worked as a journalist, teacher, historian, researcher, and corporate speechwriter. The author of three books, including the classic biography Nine Women, she teaches a course on memoir as history and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Review Quotes:
"An important book. I know of no book like it." - Jill Ker Conway
"Nies' combination period history and memoir is a highly valuable first-person record of a woman who finds herself, and the movement she grew with." - Publishers Weekly
"Refreshingly candid. . . . Nies' personal take on the ripple effects of the women's movement--both on those involved directly and those who followed--is honest and engaging." - Booklist
"[Written] with a wry sense of humor. . . . Colorful exchanges." - Boston Sunday Globe
"Educational and entertaining." - Kirkus Reviews