"Juno Roche was born in the sixties into a working-class family in London, that dabbled in minor crime. For their father, violence and love lived together; for their mother, addiction was the only way to survive. School was a respite, but shortly after beginning their university course Juno was diagnosed with HIV, then a death sentence. But Juno is a survivor; they outlived their diagnosis, got a degree and became an artist. Running from home eventually took Juno across the sea to a tiny village in Spain, surrounded by mountains. Only once they found a quiet little house with an olive tree in the garden did Juno start to wonder if they had run too far, and whether they have really been searching for a family all along. In an incredibly honest and brave book, Juno takes us through the moments of their life: their mother sending Christmas cards containing Valium, dealing with drug withdrawal on a Nile cruise and finding their dream house in Spain. Showing immense resilience, Juno's memoir is a book about what it means to live"--Back cover.