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You say you want a revolution? This energetic and entertaining novel about a utopian summer camp and its charismatic leader asks smart questions about good intentions gone terribly wrong. Framed by the oil shale bust and the real estate boom, by protests against Reagan and against the Gulf War, The Optimistic Decade takes us into the lives of five unforgettable characters, and is a sweeping novel about idealism, love, class, and a piece of land that changes everyone who lives on it. There is Caleb Silver, the beloved founder of the back-to-the-land camp Llamalo, who is determined to teach others to live simply. There are the ranchers, Don and son Donnie, who gave up their land to Caleb, having run out of options after Exxon came and went and left them bankrupt. There is Rebecca Silver, determined to become an activist like her father and undone by the spell of Llamalo and new love; and there is David, a teenager who has turned Llamalo into his personal... Number of Words in Auth: 2 Formats : EPUB Number of Formats : 1 Has Cover : Yes Single Author : Heather Abel Original Source : Mirc - New Files 05 02 Sorted Author by LN, FN: Abel, Heather Title

Who reads The Optimistic Decade?

Author

Abel, Heather

Publisher

Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781616208721

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Children'S

Rating

4 / 5 (86 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14