As a young girl growing up during Kenya’s Emergency period and later as the wife of the Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya, Ann Wamboi Muriuki Ndegwa has had the privilege of witnessing pivotal moments in Kenya’s history first-hand. From the dark years of the Emergency to the jubilation of self-rule and the ensuing growing pains of a nation, this memoir relives her experiences over eight decades of life and four different governments.