Stories, poems, and songs, from an English woman working as a nurse before, during, and after the Iranian Revolution in 1979. Jane Wood has been nursing for over forty years and worked in Britain and abroad. It was pure coincidence that found her in the country of Iran in 1979, but at that precise moment the people started to rise up against the government of the Shah and ousted him from power. Jane noted some of her feelings and thoughts about that experience in song. She has also written poems and stories, and these are all collected here, as a celebration of a world-changing event.

Theres a new movement sweeping England, coming in from Canada. Its called Living the New Economy. But whats so new about these ideas? Jane and Mike have come across them before. Firstly, while living in Fallowfield, Manchester, and struggling to bring up young children. They found they couldnt manage without the help and support of their neighbours. Then, when they moved to Salford, they found that this way of life had been taken for granted over the last few generations. Money was tight and work uncertain; the people of Inner City Salford had to find ways to cope, and that meant helping each...