About my book... pMy book is intended as an autobiographical, but essentially sociological, reflection on the paths that my life has taken....It's a look back at my life from my now mid-60s position in it....in an attempt to better know and understand just 'who I am'....and who I've been....and become.....and just how I got here. Yes, its personal....of course it is....that's what autobiographies are.....but I hope it's a readily recognisable, and therefore rewarding, read, for all those who take the trouble to read it. As the perceptive Shakespeare wrote in As you like it.....One man, in his time, plays many parts....His acts being seven ages....and my sociological autobiography generally follows that seven-age pattern....So, there's hopefully something of both relevance and interest for everybody.....at every age. Accordingly, each chapter stands alone, if you want it to, in looking at a particular 'phase' of my life, as well as hopefully painting a more complete picture, and offeri