Author

Publication

2008 - Riverhead Books, New York, N.Y, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

52,750 words, Guess

Page Count

211 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9781594483110
  • Open LibraryOL24207323M

Classifications

  • LCCPS3619.W356 F55 2008

Description

"A work of stunning lyricism and intense originality"(Mary Gordon, author of Pearl). From an award-winning short story writer comes this spare, lively, moving novel, quickly embraced by critics and readers, portraying the strangely celebrated and unsupervised childhood of four hippie offspring in the 1970s and 80s. Based on the author's own upbringing, Flower Children tells the story of four children growing up in rural Pennsylvania, impossibly at odds with their surroundings. In time, as the sheltered utopia their parents have created begins to collapse, the children long for structure and restraint—and all their parents have avoided.

Subjects

Genres

  • Fiction

Other Editions

  • Flower childrenRiverhead Books2008-01-01

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