Each time it seems things cannot get any worse, they do as Susie lifts the lid on her own, often shocking, behavior in her quest to protect herself and those she loves. Rebellious, lonely and self-destructive, it is a small grey pony named Cinderella who saves Susie from herself and brings her the love she craves. Readers will shed a tear at her losses and laugh at her predicaments in this sometimes hilarious, often heartbreaking, true story that gives a moving and often shocking insight in to the earlier life of the bestselling travel writer famed for her humour and her honesty. Key words: autobiography women, biography and autobiography, adventurers and explorers, Africa memoir, childhood memoir, Kenya, 1950s memoir, dysfunctional family, dysfunctional families, Africa, childhood in 1950s, travel Africa, African travel, travel memoir, 1950s London, London memoir, Kenyan travel memoir, Africa memoir, childhood memoir, dysfunctional families, Kenya, Africa, 1950s, adventurers and explorers