A Bonfire in My Mouth: Life, Passion and the Rainbow Warrior

Harper Collins, 2003. Good second-hand condition.

From an early age, Suzi Newborn chose a life of environmental activism, which put her in the heart of the Greenpeace phenomenon, on speaking terms with rock stars and celebrities, and made her the confidante of Spike Milligan. She was there on the Arctic ice floes, preventing sealers from bludgeoning baby seals; she rode Zodiacs between the whalers' harpoons and the whales; and she signed the check that purchased the ill-fated Rainbow Warrior, of which she was one of the original crew. A Bonfire in My Mouth provides a fascinating picture of the birth of Greenpeace, as well as being a powerful, passionate and revealing autobiography of a strong, resourceful and incredible woman, who has lived on the edge and put her body on the line for her beliefs...