A stylishly presented, and brilliantly written memoir which relates a largely unwritten history of a very particular period in NZ history. Set mostly in the late 1970s in a remote corner of the Marlborough Sounds, the book describes a loose group of hippies and back-to-the landers, in which Miro Bilbrough lived for a period in her adolescence, with her father and sister. It's a colourful book, episodic but cohesive, dark but joyful, powerful and unique. It's a compelling piece of work.