Funny, poignant, courageous and combative, Making Trouble teems with insights on the culture and politics of the last four decades. Lynne Segal herself weaves through the account, steadfast and still searching. A book for young rebels of all ages -- Sheila Rowbotham
How can one live as a moral person in a largely immoral world? Different people will have different answers, but the example of this brilliant, adventurous, loving, woman is good enough for me. Lynne Segal is an international treasure, and her beautifully written, deeply engrossing memoir, Making Trouble, will inspire new generations to do the same -- Barbara Ehrenreich
Segal's unflinching reflections on motherhood, relationships and the shifting inflections of feminism provide us at once with a deeper and richer understanding of her theories that rocked academia in the 80s and 90s. Segal has never shied away from the link between historical contingency and personal experience and through her memoirs we learn just how vital that link is in shaping and informing feminist discourse. Passionate, lucid and shockingly candid, Making Trouble should be on the desk of every budding feminist. It should also be a clarion call to those who see feminism as a redundant cause -- Helen Walsh
This is a subtle, reflective and wry account of a familiar period... this book is a moving defense of the pleasures and pains of human solidarity... [Segal] brings to her account a refreshing honesty, rigorous political and cultural analysis and an unsentimental advocacy of the importance of involvement in the sorrows and struggles of the world -- Melissa Benn * Guardian *
A fascinating record of the changing face of socialism and feminism, observed with poignancy and acuity... a woman of worth * Independent *
Unflaggingly energetic... assisted by a lucid and dynamic style * TLS *
An engrossing tale because it is more than just one individual life story, it is also an account of the rich contribution that second-wave feminism has made to modern Britain * THES *
Racy and gripping... as every page of this dazzling, important book shows, the political commitments we make constantly put all our identities at stake * Jewish Chronicle *