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"A fifty-year-old cold case involving California royalty comes back to life-with potentially fatal consequences-in this gripping standalone novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes series The Gardener Estate is one of the most storied and beloved places on the West Coast: a magnificent house in vast formal grounds, home to a family that shaped California-and fought hard to conceal the turmoil and eccentricities...
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Travis Wren has an unusual talent for locating missing people. Hired by families as a last resort, he requires only a single object to find the person who has vanished. When he takes on the case of Maggie St. James-a well-known author of dark, macabre children's books-he's led to a place many believed to be only a legend. Called Pastoral, this reclusive community was founded in the 1970s by like-minded people searching for a simpler way of life....
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Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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When a young woman leaves her family to join a secret off-the-grid community headed by an enigmatic leader, she discovers that belonging comes with a deadly cost, in this "stunning debut," (The New Yorker) "perfect for fans of Philip Roth's American Pastoral and the film Martha Marcy May Marlene" (Booklist, starred review).
At nineteen, Berie encounters a seductive and mysterious man at a...
At nineteen, Berie encounters a seductive and mysterious man at a...
Publisher
IFC Midnight
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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For her entire life, the cult she was born into has been all that teenage Selah has known. Along with a band of similarly cloistered young women she lives seemingly unstuck in time, cut off from modern society in a remote forest commune presided over by a man called Shepherd, a controlling, messiah-like figure with a frightening dark side. But when her insular world is rocked by a series of nightmarish visions and disturbing revelations, Selah begins...
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English
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Girls--their vulnerability, strength, and passion to belong--are at the heart of this stunning first novel for readers of Jeffrey Eugenides's The Virgin Suicides and Jennifer Egan's A Visit from the Goon Squad.Northern California, during the violent end of the 1960s. At the start of summer, a lonely and thoughtful teenager, Evie Boyd, sees a group of girls in the park, and is immediately caught by their freedom, their careless dress, their dangerous...
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Publisher
Monthly Review Press
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Gilbert's account gives readers a front-row seat on the country's communal movement as he chronicles the efforts of grassroots initiatives and gives voice to the communards living and working in communes such as El Panal, El Maizal, Che Guevara, and Luisa Cáceres. He blends these firsthand accounts of communal construction with theoretical reflections and historical insights. The central story of the book is how Venezuelan communes bring people...
8) Clover Blue
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English
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Set against the backdrop of a 1970s commune in Northern California, Clover Blue is a compelling, beautifully written story of a young boy's search for identity.
There are many things twelve-year-old Clover Blue isn't sure of: his exact date of birth, his name before he was adopted into the Saffron Freedom Community, or who his first parents were. What he does know with certainty is that among this close-knit, nature-loving group, he is happy. Here,...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"A spirited tour through 2,500 years of utopian thinking and experiments to tease out better ways of imagining our domestic lives - from childrearing and housing to gender roles and private property - and a look at the communities putting these seemingly fanciful visions into practice today"--
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English
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When Isabelle Poole meets Dr. Preston Grind, she's fresh out of high school, pregnant with her art teacher's baby, and totally on her own. Izzy knows she can be a good mother but without any money or relatives to help, she's left searching. Dr. Grind, an awkwardly charming child psychologist, has spent his life studying family, even after tragedy struck his own. Now, with the help of an eccentric billionaire, he has the chance to create a "perfect...
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Publisher
Life Story Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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"A lot of people want to change the world, but what can we learn from those who have tried? Counterculture Crossover is a remarkable memoir that tells the story of Rachel's childhood growing up in the Love Israel Family, the largest and best known communal group in Washington to emerge during the late 1960s and 1970s counterculture. Rachel's mother, Karen, a free-spirited idealist, wanted nothing to do with conventional, mainstream society, so she...
12) Wolfpack
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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A group of teenage girls living in a cult are ensnared by suspicision and paranoia when one of them goes missing.
13) Las chicas
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Publisher
Editorial Anagrama
Pub. Date
©2016
Language
Español
Description
Northern California, during the violent end of the 1960s. At the start of summer, a lonely and thoughtful teenager, Evie Boyd, sees a group of girls in the park, and is immediately caught by their freedom, their careless dress, their dangerous aura of abandon. Soon, Evie is in thrall to Suzanne, a mesmerizing older girl, and is drawn into the circle of a soon-to-be infamous cult and the man who is its charismatic leader. Hidden in the hills, their...
14) Our daily bread
Publisher
The Film Detective
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Depression-era drama in which a young couple leads a group of unemployed people in forming a successful communal farm.
15) Come again
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Series
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English
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"A lover's dream becomes a parent's nightmare in the astonishing new graphic novel from Nate Powell. As the sun sets on the 1970s, the spirit of the Love Generation still lingers in one "intentional community" high in the Ozarks. But what's missing? Under impossibly close scrutiny, two families wrestle with long-repressed secrets... while deep within those Arkansas hills, something monstrous stirs, ready to feast on village whispers. In his triumphant...
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English
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""It's time to come Home. All five of you. Or else." Saskia was a damaged, lonely teenager when she arrived at the lakeside commune called Home. She was entranced by the tang of sourdough starter; the midnight call of the loons; the triumph of foraging wild mushrooms from the forest floor. But most of all she was taken with Abraham, Home's charismatic leader, the North Star to Saskia and the four other teens who lived there, her best and only friends....
17) The giver
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Series
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English
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Lowry's unforgettable tale introduces 12-year-old Jonas, who is singled out by the Community to be trained by The Giver. The Giver alone holds the memories of true pain and pleasure. Now it's time for Jonas to receive the truth.
18) Hummingbird Lane
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Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"Ever since childhood, Emma Merrill and Sophia Mason were bound by a passion for painting. Like all young best friends, they promised to never lose touch. But the girls came from different worlds, and their paths diverged when Emma went to an elite college and Sophie worked her way through state school. After a decade they've reconnected, both in a time of need. Emma has been struggling with depression since her college years, and she's lost herself...
19) The gulf
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Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Staring down the final days of high school, a group of friends run away from home in order to join a commune."-- Provided by publisher.
20) A hidden truth
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Series
Home to Amana novels volume 1
Language
English
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In the picturesque Amana Colonies, two very different young women are looking for answers. But secrets run deep there, and the truth could alter everything.
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