A compelling memoir of post-war Britain. Jackie Skingley grew up with
limited career choices but joining the Women's Royal Army Corps offered
her a different life, living and working in a military world, against
the backdrop of the Cold War. Packed full of stories reflecting the
changing sexual attitudes prior to the arrival of the pill and the
sexual revolution of the mid 60s, Skingley's memoir denotes a shift in
the political and social fabric of the era. Follow her relationships
with the men in her life from finding her first true love, which through
a cruel act of fate was denied her, to embarking on a path of recovery.