Scared Angry Laughing: or How to save the world

'I am opposed to lots of things: capitalism, misogyny, the manufacture of armaments. Nevertheless, I am essentially a good girl. My mother trained me to pay close attention.'

In Scared Angry Laughing, Margaret Merrilees shares a lifetime of attempts to heal the world. She turns up punctually for collective meetings and protests. She tries to explains sex to small giggling boys. She calculates how to get across the country with the least carbon emissions.

Merrilees has had to fight for her own...