-Gripping and moving. A literary triumph- Nicola Sturgeon-A humane and searching story- Ian Rankin-Kirstin Innes is aiming high, writing for readers in the early days of a better nation- A.L. KennedyA NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR - A SCOTSMAN BOOK OF THE YEARThree days before her fifty-first birthday Clio Campbell - one-hit wonder, political activist, lifelong love and one-night-stand - kills herself in her friend Ruth-s spare bedroom. And, as practical as she is, Ruth doesn-t know what to do.As the news spreads around Clio-s collaborators and comrades, lovers and enemies, the story of her glamorous, chaotic life spreads with it - from the Scottish Highlands to the Genoa G8 protests, from an anarchist squat in Brixton to Top of the Pops. Sifting through half a century of memories and unanswered questions, everyone who thought they know her is forced to ask: who was Clio Campbell?
