Sixty Somethings

By Nicola Madge, Paul Hoggart,

Book cover of Sixty Somethings: The Lives Of Women Who Remember The Sixties

Book description

The 'Swinging Sixties' are commonly depicted as hedonistic days. A point in history remembered for the generation of young people who shed the trappings of their parents and grandparents and, fuelled by sex, drugs, rock 'n roll, set out to put the world to rights. A time when individuality was…

Shepherd is reader supported. When you buy books, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Why read it?

1 author picked Sixty Somethings as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

The swinging sixties are commonly thought of as hedonistic days (if you remember them you weren’t there). It was a period when young people threw off the trappings of their parents and, allegedly fuelled by drugs, sex, and rock ‘n roll, set out to put the world to rights: a time without precedent.

But was it really like that? What are the women of that generation up to now; and what do they remember of those times? Is sixty the new forty?

Despite pursuing careers, raising families, with quite a few as grandparents, others caring for their own aging parents,…

Want books like Sixty Somethings?

Our community of 11,000+ authors has personally recommended 96 books like Sixty Somethings.

Browse books like Sixty Somethings

5 book lists we think you will like!

Interested in hedonism, rock and roll, and rock music?

Hedonism 15 books
Rock And Roll 78 books
Rock Music 242 books