A memoir by Soledad S. Reyes, author or editor of over forty books of literary criticism on the Tagalog novel, Philippine popular culture, Philippine women's writings, as well as translation. She is also Professor Emeritus at the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of the Ateneo de Manila University. In the author's words: "This is my journey of more than seven decades where I plot my personal narrative intertwined with people and events, with social and political movements with which the country sought to negotiate the treacherous shoals in the postwar years."