Hippie Woman Wild: A Memoir of Life & Love on an Oregon

Hippie Woman Wild: A Memoir of Life & Love on an Oregon Commune

A not-so-nice Jewish girl, expelled from Yale Drama during the Vietnam protests, abandons her acting dream to follow the man she loves to an off-the-grid commune in Oregon.At 23, Carol Schlanger was an insecure upper middle class radical. Her parents spoiled her and she expected the universe to follow. It didnâ€™t. After being expelled from Yale, losing a coveted Broadway lead, and seeing a suicide splatter at her feet, she left NYC for the Great Northwest, to live in nature with a man â€œwho made everything beautiful with his hands.â€ At that time she chose love and nature, over art and career ... until she didnâ€™t. Carol Schlanger put â€œhiddenâ€ cash down on an abandoned homesteadâ€”160 acres. The commune followedâ€”all 13 jammed tight into a broken-down cabin with no phone, no electricity, and no running water. They were dependent on each other for every human need and survival. But then freeloading and free love threatened the hard-won utopia. After struggling through infidelity, rape, and childbirth, all except the father of her child left when Carol refused to share land ownership. When, as a lone wilderness â€œwife,â€ she accidentally set their house on fire, she realized she couldnâ€™t survive in isolation. Strapping her toddler into a battered old Chevy, she headed to Los Angeles to reclaim her life as a mother, her power as an artist, and her responsibility as an adult. This time her Texan followed her. This is both their love story, and a love story for an explosive, mind-altering era.
Country USA
Brand Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing
Manufacturer Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781948018463
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing
Manufacturer	Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781948018463
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Hippie Woman Wild: A Memoir of Life & Love on an Oregon Commune

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