It is 1969, and Stephen meets up with old friend Astrid and her lover Spencer, and stays with them in the hippy household “The Hollies.” Peace and love are tangible, until his passionate attraction for another girl in the household goes sour. He drifts into the radical arts scene and far-left politics, and finally into a squalid squat in London. A return to the idyllic “The Hollies” seems a good idea, but now the house has become a commune, and Spencer is the guru.

Related: England (UK), Europe, Historical Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

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• ISBN: 9780385732703
• Author: Cooper, Patrick
• Published: 2007, Delacorte Books for Young Readers
• Themes: Drugs, Household, Politics
• Descriptors: England (UK), Europe, Historical Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)
• No. of pages: 304