The best sort of memoir – open, honest and candid. Storm Jameson was a prolific novelist, who has largely fallen out of view, and it is to be hoped that the reissue of this long memoir will introduce her to a new readership. Written between 1961 and 1965, she chronicles her turbulent, unsettled life during which she married and had a son but found domesticity difficult and could never adapt to the demands made of her. Always politically active she became President of the English Branch of PEN, and knew just about everyone in the world of the arts and politics in the UK and abroad. Always questioning her own decisions, she admits to her faults and comes across as a very driven personality. I found it a fascinating chronicle of her life and times and very much enjoyed hearing of her encounters with so many personalities. I don’t think she would have been an easy person to live with, but she was certainly an engaging and interesting companion, not least in this autobiography. A great read.