Love and Protest |
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Author:
| Klann-Moren, Nancy |
ISBN: | 978-0-9884944-5-9 |
Publication Date: | May 2024 |
Publisher: | Nancy A. Klann
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $6.99 |
Book Description:
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POIGNANT AND HEARTFELTTHE IDEAL NOVEL FOR A BOOK CLUBWhile wandering through the Second Chance Thrift Shop, 17-year-old Harper Warner comes across a diary tucked in a nightstand drawer. The original owner, Libby Carlson, had chronicled her "Summer of Love" in San Francisco and her involvement in the Anti-Vietnam War Movement 52 years earlier.Harper is certain her recently deceased mother arranged this discovery, and she gives the find special import. The diary entries help Harper cope...
More DescriptionPOIGNANT AND HEARTFELTTHE IDEAL NOVEL FOR A BOOK CLUBWhile wandering through the Second Chance Thrift Shop, 17-year-old Harper Warner comes across a diary tucked in a nightstand drawer. The original owner, Libby Carlson, had chronicled her "Summer of Love" in San Francisco and her involvement in the Anti-Vietnam War Movement 52 years earlier.Harper is certain her recently deceased mother arranged this discovery, and she gives the find special import. The diary entries help Harper cope with her loss and motivate her to become involved in something larger than herself.After deciding her cause would be the Black Lives Matter movement, COVID-19 unexpectedly upends her plans. Her media-fueled fears and obsession with the growing death count drive her into isolation until the George Floyd murder.Separated by generations, Harper and Liberty's heartbreaks and missteps are intertwined as they come of age and find their individual paths toward activism.