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Description edit
An account of one family's experiences in postwar America chronicles their cultural transformation through a flight to suburbia, materialism, and the sixties counterculture, describing where they are today. 50,000 first printing. $75,000 ad/promo.
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Characters/People edit
- Sam Gordon: Add a description of this character.
- Susan Gordon
- Ricky Gordon
- Lorraine
- Shuna
- Sheila
- Harry Hughes
- Peter Randsman
- Michael Lydon
- Charlie
- Gina Schick
- Maggie
- Mama Yetta
- David Getz
- Sylvia
- Jon
- Bill
- Goldenberg
- Bobby Shapiro
- Peter Probst
- Mans
- Ellen Levy
- Rebecca
- Papa Joe
- Mary
- Satchidananda
- Kennedy
- Mohan
- Richie
- Daniel
- Gopal
- Bob Dylan
- Harry Truman
- Sammy
- Johnson
- Simon
- Falwell
Setting & Locations edit
- New York City
- Harbor Isle
- Arica
- America
- Vassar
- California
- Berkeley
- Manhattan
- San Francisco
- Long Island
- London
- United States
- Vietnam
- Florida
- Minneapolis
- Island Park
- Chicago
- Lower East Side
- Europe
- Long Beach
- Texas
- Harlem
- Boston
- Brooklyn
- Oceanside
- Washington
- England
- Greenwich Village
- Paris
- Virginia
- Yogaville
- Minnesota
- Connecticut
- Mississippi
- Lincoln Avenue
- Los Angeles
- Bay Area
- Judaism
- Fairfax
- Century Village
- White House
- Charlottesville
- Central Park
- Blue Fairyland
- Hennepin Avenue
- Carnegie Mellon
- India
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Harpercollins
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1992
ISBN: 0060190094
Page Count: 576
Publisher: Harpercollins
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1992
ISBN: 0060190094
Page Count: 576
Awards edit
- National Book Critics Circle Award (Finalist, 1992: General Nonfiction)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 306.850973
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