The third in Beeta Rajapaksha’s trilogy of memoirs, this book recounts the author’s teenage years. A period of significant social and political upheaval in Ceylon, among the author’s recollections are: the 2500th Buddha Jayanthi celebrations; the declaration of Sinhala as the state language and its social repercussions; the assassination and funeral of prime minister S.W.R.D. Bandaranayake, and the rise of the Sinhala cinema. How those issues affected the nation’s general populace, including the author’s family, school friends and village, are recounted with compassion and humor in 24 chapters. Containing historically significant photographs, this book offers the reader a fascinating insight into Ceylonese society, within the first decade of independence.