Generation X-Factor

About the Book

A provocative insight into the kids of the Age of Aquarius and the turgid fl ux of the 60s revolution. Sixties children were the fi rst latchkey kids since the Victorians, divorce era collateral damage and capitalism’s great experiment. Yet from their fractured beginnings this generation has emerged as a dynamic group of irreverent free thinkers. Paradoxically, Generation X success is juxtposed against a backdrop of ennui, guilt and frenetic ambition. Journey from gangs of straggly neighbourhood urchins on choppers to captains of industry and leaders of the free world. Explore how feminism f**ked the sisterhood and women have gone from hairy kaftan-clad activists to six-inch Louboutin shod, brazilianed cougars in one generation. Generation X has rewritten the script and herein lies their story.

About the Author

Fiona Missingham was born in the summer of 1969 to newly divorced parents. Consequently she experienced the typical 70s broken childhood – somewhat feral and fragmented. She took to the world at 18 in search of answers. Five years later she returned with more questions and a husband discovered on a Thai beach. She studied anthropology and history at university and later teaching. She lives in Auckland, New Zealand with her husband and three sons. She is a teacher.