Author: Cathy Wilkerson
Publisher: Seven Stories
2007
The stunning memoir of a white middle-class girl from Connecticut who became a member of the Weather Underground, one of the most notorious groups of the 1960s.
“This thoughtful memoir reveals why American policies provoke violence not only among the wretched of the earth but the privileged of the earth as well, and serves as a warning that America’s blind approach to terrorism could prompt a violent response from the least-expected quarters.” —Tom Hayden
“A riveting, lyrically told memoir that defines a life worth living, told by a woman warrior whose purity of spirit transcends all theoretical debates about the Weathermen.” —Elaine Brown
“Unsparingly maps the idealism, fanaticism, moral absolutism and personal passions that carried her to the townhouse [explosion].” –New York Times