Kirsty Finn is Lecturer in the Department of Social Sciences at Edge Hill University, UK. She has previously taught at Teesside University, UK and the University of Manchester, UK.

• Prelude1. Introduction2. Higher Education and Personal Life: A Relational Approach3. Disentangling Family Relationships4. Imagined, Embodied, Negotiated: HE and the Socio-Spatial Context of Friendship5. Peer-Shared Intimacy, Love and Sexuality6. Supporting New Graduates: Sustaining and Troubling Intergenerational Ties7. Graduate Narratives of Success and (Im)Mobility8. Conclusion

"In the book Finn develops a 'relational perspective' ... which brings into the foreground of analysis young women's personal worlds ... . the book would make a worthwhile read for postgraduate students, doctoral students and early career researchers seeking to learn more about the realities (and feasibility) of conducting QL projects as a sole researcher. ... would be suitable for a wide audience, ranging from undergraduate students through to academics working within the fields of gender, sociology and HE." (Lauren Stentiford, Gender and Education, 2016)