I received this book as part of an upcoming blog tour.

I was super excited to read it - I love the 60's/70's and I thought it'd be fun to read about a women who lived fairly local to me, and her experiences. I thought she'd be right there in the thick of things, campaigning maybe or fighting the good fight or protesting the war.

Well, Elizabeth didn't do any of those things, but it was still an enjoyable book.

She met a guy, got pregnant, got married, had a baby, moved to Boston, opened up a children's clothing boutique store and owned a successful restaurant. She didn't get caught up in politics, but she lived through the era.

There were a few times when I wanted to Gibb's slap Elisabeth across the back of the head for some of the stupid stuff she did (like not having any food for her own wedding guests and smoking pot with her young son in the house), but you couldn't help cheering for her throughout her life.

The book definitely didn't go where I hoped it would, but it was nice to read about a decade in our history from the point of view of an average woman.