*received for free from netgalley for honest review* This book was the hippies my mom always told me about when i was a kid! This was a pretty crazy read, as many memoirs are, but with the extra twist of my mom being similar in age, among other things. Really enjoyed reading and learning about the authors life!

I enjoy reading about someone’s interesting memoir. This book is about Sharon Dukett running away from home at age 15 in search of a better life. It starts in the 1970s and the woman’s movement. She lived in Connecticut and heads to California. Sharon quickly learns that not everyone she encounters has good intentions. She quickly gets in situations such as drugs, hitchhiking, living in communes, multiple sexual partners etc. No Rules is a fascinating, raw and honest coming of age story. I really enjoyed this look back into this time era and struggles women endured to improve where woman’s status in business and life in general. Great Book! Loved it and would highly recommend to anyone who enjoyed memoirs

Thanks so much to Netgalley and OrangeSky Audio for a free audiobook for my honest review.

"We were all journeying to somewhere, or nowhere, with the music to unite us."

Thank you to OrangeSky Audio and NetGalley for allowing me access to an ALC of No Rules by Sharon Dukett.

Dukett shares her experiences after leaving home at the age of 16 to join the hippy community. Venturing across the US and Canada, usually hitchhiking to the next destination, she is welcomed with open arms into the free-spirited, love and often drug fueled world of the hippy movement. Sharp, raw and honest, No Rules has got to be one of my favourite coming of age memoirs that I have come across so far.

I could relate to the author in the way that she needed to find her own way and in turn, learned a lot of life lessons the hard way. In no way was the nomadic lifestyle glamorized, which I truly appreciated. I really enjoyed reading about each different location and how a person had to adapt to wherever they found themselves in the moment. There were some close calls and some really beautiful moments in this book.

"Now I understand that I wasn't a fraud. Women could be strong and powerful, as much as, or even more so, than men."

Themes of friendship, freedom, acceptance and belonging, and feminism are touched on, and talks about questioning her faith that she was raised in. I loved the wisdom shared and the adventurous feeling that I got while reading. I felt immersed in her story and those of the people around her.

If you love memoirs, coming of age stories, or just reading about the 70s in general, you will want to pick this one up. And, if you're a fan of audiobooks, you can't go wrong with this one.

A highly entertaining but awe-inducing coming of age memoir about a young girl's decision to leave her sheltered life and travel around the country embracing the hippie, counter-culture way of living of the 70s. Filled with drugs, sex and one girl's journey to find herself during the height of the Women's Liberation Movement. I just wanted to slap her and make her re-think her decisions so many times! Great on audio. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my review copy.

Thank you Netgalley for this audiobook edition of No Rules by Sharon Dukett.

Unfortunately I made it about 24% of the way in, and then shut it off. I do not have a problem reading anything that involves drugs, sex, experimentation, etc etc. But I just do not need a play by play travelogue of every drug trip, ever casual/not to casual sexual partner. Let's be honest, most of us have stories. What I need to know is what sets your story apart? And even if the stage was being set by outlining all of the drug anecdotes, I'm afraid it just took too long.

Sharon Dukett did such an excellent job putting us into every single time period of this book. We were thrust into her childhood home in Connecticut. I could picture Eddie with his corduroy bell bottoms. I could picture the smog over Los Angeles. It was so well written and the narration was great too.