NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF O: THE OPRAH MAGAZINE'S TEN FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR NAMED
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Harper's Bazaar • St. Louis Post-Dispatch • Publishers
Weekly Gloria Steinem-writer activist organizer and inspiring leader-now tells a story she
has never told before a candid account of her life as a traveler a listener and a catalyst
for change. Includes Secrets a new chapter! When people ask me why I still have hope and
energy after all these years I always say: Because I travel. Taking to the road-by which I
mean letting the road take you-changed who I thought I was. The road is messy in the way that
real life is messy. It leads us out of denial and into reality out of theory and into practice
out of caution and into action out of statistics and into stories-in short out of our heads
and into our hearts. Gloria Steinem had an itinerant childhood. When she was a young girl her
father would pack the family in the car every fall and drive across country searching for
adventure and trying to make a living. The seeds were planted: Gloria realized that growing up
didn't have to mean settling down. And so began a lifetime of travel of activism and
leadership of listening to people whose voices and ideas would inspire change and revolution.
My Life on the Road is the moving funny and profound story of Gloria's growth and also the
growth of a revolutionary movement for equality-and the story of how surprising encounters on
the road shaped both. From her first experience of social activism among women in India to her
work as a journalist in the 1960s from the whirlwind of political campaigns to the founding of
Ms. magazine from the historic 1977 National Women's Conference to her travels through Indian
Country-a lifetime spent on the road allowed Gloria to listen and connect deeply with people
to understand that context is everything and to become part of a movement that would change
the world. In prose that is revealing and rich Gloria reminds us that living in an open
observant and on the road state of mind can make a difference in how we learn what we do and
how we understand each other. Praise for My Life on the Road Like Steinem herself [My Life on
the Road] is thoughtful and astonishingly humble. It is also filled with a sense of the
momentous while offering deeply personal insights into what shaped her.-O: The Oprah Magazine A
lyrical meditation on restlessness and the quest for equity . . . Part of the appeal of My Life
is how Steinem with evocative melodic prose conveys the air of discovery and wonder she felt
during so many of her journeys. . . . The lessons imparted in Life on the Road offer more than
a reminiscence. They are a beacon of hope for the future.-USA Today A warmly companionable look
back at nearly five decades as itinerant feminist organizer and standard-bearer. If you've ever
wondered what it might be like to sit down with Ms. Steinem for a casual dinner this
disarmingly intimate book gives a pretty good idea mixing hard-won pragmatic lessons with more
inspirational insights.-The New York Times Steinem rocks. My Life on the Road abounds with
fresh insights and is as populist as can be.-The Boston Globe In person and in her writing
Steinem exudes a rare combination of calm humility and honesty about her weaknesses that
explains all she has accomplished.-Jezebel
