{"product_id":"promise-of-a-dream-isbn-9781788734806","title":"Promise of a Dream","description":"\u003ci\u003ePromise of a Dream\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving, witty and poignant recollection of a time when young women were breaking all the rules about sex, politics and their place in the world. Sheila Rowbotham, best known for \u003ci\u003eA Century of Women\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThreads Through Time\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHidden From History\u003c\/i\u003e, turns her hand here to memoir. The result is a wryly amusing account of her younger self, and a sparkling portrait of the exhilaration and enthusiasm of the sixties.“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.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Mary Maher, \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Joan Bakewell, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Unerringly perceptive and funny … if you want to know what the sixties were like, read this book.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Julie Christie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A rich, painful picture emerges of women searching for both words and spaces to articulate the insights of feminism.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Women's Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Dorothy Thompson, \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education SUpplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An honest account of radical activism, love affairs, studies, travels, teaching, agitation and other stuff of the sixties.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Anna Aslanyan, \u003ci\u003eTribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSheila Rowbotham\u003c\/b\u003e is Honorary Research Fellow in Sociology in the School of Social Sciences within the Faculty of Humanities at Manchester University and Visiting Fellow in the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies at the University of Bristol. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Her many books include the James Tait Black–shortlisted \u003ci\u003eEdward Carpenter: A Life of Liberty and Love\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Century of Women: The History of Women in Britain and the United States in the Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePromise Of A Dream: Remembering the Sixties\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDreamers of a New Day: Women Who Invented the Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e. She has written for, among other newspapers, the \u003ci\u003eGuardian, The Times, The Independent, New Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Manchester.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301654515941,"sku":"NP9781788734806","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781788734806.jpg?v=1767735167","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/promise-of-a-dream-isbn-9781788734806","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}