Life In and Out of Politics
This book is much more than a political memoir. Susan Ryan gives fascinating insights into the making of policy, how ideas of social justice and the common good have - and have not - been translated into legislation. 'Catching the Waves' is a valuable record of an important period in Australian political and social history, and a unique contribution to the ongoing feminist debate. And above all, Susan Ryan wryly demonstrates that being caught in the dumpers is as much a part of life as riding the breakers successfully to shore.
