On the North Side in December of 1968, Cassandra Perry feels stifled by her doting granduncle and grandaunt, Woody and Ivy, and longs for a change. She moves into a multiracial commune for free spirits working for the good of humankind...
Communal living
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Author:Carter, CharlotteSummary: - Author:de Souza, AdamSummary:
Staring down the final days of high school, a group of friends run away from home in order to join a commune in this YA graphic novel for ages 14 and up. Stand by Me meets Catcher in the Rye by way of Skim . Ever since Oli found a...
- Author:Cline, EmmaSummary:
An indelible portrait of girls, the women they become, and that moment in life when everything can go horribly wrong--this stunning first novel is perfect for readers of Jeffrey Eugenides' The Virgin Suicides and Jennifer Egan...
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Author:Kuitenbrouwer, KathrynSummary:With blood on his hands, Curtis Woolf flees his home in New Mexico for Canada, where he starts a religious commune, the Family. There he heals others and preaches pacifism while enduring the torment of this own damaged soul. Then his...
- Author:Schlanger, CarolSummary:
A not-so-nice Jewish girl, expelled from Yale Drama during the Vietnam protests, abandons her acting dream to follow the man she loves to an off-the-grid commune in Oregon.
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Author:Plant, JudithSummary:The time is the early 1980s. Judith Plant and her new partner, Kip, are ready for a change. Inspired by the charismatic Fred Brown, their communications professor at Simon Fraser University, they join a commune in a remote valley near...
- Author:Groff, LaurenSummary:
In the late 1960s, a group of young idealists form a commune in western New York State. Into this group is born Bit, who grows into a quiet, distant man. Over the course of 50 years, Bit witnesses the utopia crumble and the world change...
- Author:Jones, SadieSummary:
The author of the highly acclaimed, bestselling novel The Uninvited Guests returns with a captivating coming of age story told by Amy and Lan, two children whose journey from innocence to moving experience is shaped by their families'...
- Author:Ernshaw, SheaSummary:
"What a wonderful rabbit hole to fall down." -Erika Swyler, author of Light from Other Stars and The Book of Speculation "A terrifying and timely book." -Erica Ferencik, bestselling author of The River at Night and Into the Jungle "As...
