a personal journey that takes the reader through recent history providing a different perspective -- that of a child, an adolescent and then an adult who lived through the events of the era closer than many of us and influenced by an insider. If you are, as I am, approximately the same age as the author, you will find her experiences unique and different from yours, yet, in some respects, strangely familiar. Tabor describes events from our history growing up during the Cold War. She confirms many of our own memories, impressions and understanding, while simultaneously challenging them. I enjoyed this book for the memories it evoked and for providing the "food for thought" to look at them again but, this time, with hindsight and the author's insight. ( )