Title: Life without water
First published: 1996
Description: 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.
Subjects: Families, Fiction, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, general, Vietnam War, 1961-1975
LC classification: PS3566.E153 L54 1996