Virginia McKenna's career spans over four decades. However, it is her role in Born Free, an inspirational film about the wildlife conservationists Joy and George Adamson, that has most poignantly shaped Virginia's personal, professional and public identity. Together will her late husband Bill Trevors, Virginia founded the Born Free Foundation in 1984, and has ever since striven to prevent individual animal suffering and protect threatened species. In this beautifully illustrated memoir Virginia McKenna delves not only into her past, reflecting upon her professional achievements, the life she shared with Bill Travers, and her close relationship with her children; but also embraces the future and the many paths still to be explored.