A Future of Her Own

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>An engaging female protagonist confronts social issues that are unfortunately still relevant. -<em>Kirkus Reviews</em></strong></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>When faced with the inequities of college life for women in 1965 first-generation college student Ramona Bronson must decide whether she's willing to risk her education for the possibility of better.</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>As fall term begins Ramona is reassigned to the night shift waitressing at Dusty's Drive-In which closes after the female-only campus curfew. Panicked because she needs her job to pay tuition Ramona petitions to appeal the curfew on the advice of her friend Dimitri. When rejected by the dean citing safety concerns for female students Ramona turns to Dimitri's older brother Theo a leader in the campus anti-war movement for help.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Exposure to the world of activism through new friends who become family reveals that the curfew is one of countless unfair expectations of women on campus-and Ramona's petition is only the beginning. She soon learns that the line between right and wrong isn't always clear and must decide how far she'll go to break down an unjust system.</span></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>A Future of Her Own</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> will inspire the righteous rebellious spirit in us all.</span></p>