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Promise of a Dream

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Promise of a Dream 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 A Century of Women, Threads Through Time and Hidden From History, turns her hand here to memoir. The result is a wryly amusing account of her younger self, and a sparkling p...more
Paperback, 264 pages
Published November 24th 2002 by Verso
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Promise Of A Dream: Remembering The Sixties
Promise Of A Dream: A Memoir Of The Sixties
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