Cherie Todd had 'groovy' plans for her life that did not include being locked up until she was 19. One error of judgement took away her right to freedom and the love and support of her father. Could she accept her fate, remain locked up in detention? Or should she risk a life on the run? In the mid nineteen sixties protests and struggles for equality, freedom and social revolution pounded out their beat. Cherie could not resist their rhythm. Sixteen year old Cherie arrives in Paris with a sleeping bag and ten English pounds determined to survive and remain free until she is too old to be locked up again. With a compelling mixture of sophistication and naivety, Cherie courageously survives a beat generation lifestyle that includes both the lightness and the darkness of a life lived on the run and 'on the road'. A brilliant mix of drama, visualisation, dialogue and pathos this is a book you may not be able to put down! Also including true information and extracts from the authorities files kept during the author's incarceration.