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Life without water

by Nancy Peacock

FamiliesFictionNew York Times reviewedFiction, generalVietnam War, 1961-1975

Life among the hippies in the 1960, narrated by the daughter of one of them. Cedar was four when her mother left her father. They moved into a commune, the mother got pregnant, then her boyfriend took up with another woman and got her pregnant. She left him, he asked to be taken back by mother, but the house burned down. An affectionate portrayal.

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Book data: Open Library