hippies

Judy Webster is raised by a flower-child mother Cassie and her husband Kirk. He gradually abandons the '60s ideals and enters the legal field and eventually files for divorce and gets custody of his daughter. As Judy grows up, she and Cassie must decide how to be a part of each others' lives.

In the 1960s, seventeen-year-old Melinda leaves an abusive home for San Francisco, meets the charismatic Henry, and follows him to his desert commune where sex and drugs are free, but soon his "family" becomes violent against rich and powerful people and she is compelled to join in.

"Madeleine and her hippie parents travel to England to run a candy shop. Meanwhile Mr. and Mrs. Bunny also travel to England, where Mrs. Bunny tries to weasel her way into the ranks of royalty"--Provided by publisher.

When the hippie crossing guard, Mr. Louie, puts a love potion in the water fountain before Valentine's Day.

In the summer of 1980, before she starts junior high school in Santa Rosa, California, Tracy, who was adopted from Vietnam when she was six years old, finds an old ammo box with a dog tag and picture that bring up painful memories for both her Vietnam veteran father and her.

In England in 1969, nineteen-year-old Stephen leaves his conservative home, where he is haunted by a troubled past and dread of the future, and is drawn by an old friend to a commune, whose charismatic leader speaks of finding freedom to live in the moment.

A photo-illustrated, year-by-year chronicle of the hippie age, 1965-71, that discusses the political and social events and theories, musicians and authors, and other factors that shaped the era.

Seventeen-year-old Chloe brings her friend MJ to San Francisco, one of the few places where an abortion can be obtained legally in 1971, to get rid of Chloe's "Thing" while staying with her bohemian Aunt Kiki, experiencing hippie culture, and reconnecting with a former boyfriend.