I love Randy Susan Meyers...she is one of my favorite authors. This is her newest novel. One that a woman of my age can really relate to .. especially coming to Boston for college in the 1970s ..a novel about trying to make a difference as the world was changing. Vietnam, school busing, women's rights. It was the time of commune living and getting back to nature, eating healthy and finding yourself. Meyers writes about it so clearly and perfectly.
This is the story of Ivy , who is born into a house on Mission Hill Boston to parents who are sharing child care and everything else with three other couples. Growing up with so many parents taking care of the many children living together as their parents work in a variety of charitable jobs that they all feel are going to help save the world. Working on intergrating the schools, the neighborhoods and trying to help with getting black citizens voting rights. Helping people with food and always ready to go to a protest march.
A well paced novel that brings back memories of recent history with a twisty well written plot that moves the story along.
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