{"product_id":"expecting-to-fly-a-sixties-reckoning-9781416568117","title":"Expecting to Fly: A Sixties Reckoning","description":"\u003cb\u003eDO YOU REMEMBER WHAT IT FELT LIKE TO BE FIFTEEN? MARTHA TOD DUDMAN DOES.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt starts with a blue hash pipe in a shabby field and a hot, tight dance at the Mayflower Hotel, and rapidly accelerates against the kaleidoscopic backdrop of the Sixties. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDescribing a time weirdly similar to today, \u003ci\u003eExpecting to Fly\u003c\/i\u003e recalls a conservative government embroiled in an increasingly unpopular war, racial tensions, and a generation of disillusioned young people looking for something meaningful to believe in -- teenagers who, like Dudman, hurled themselves into a sea of drugs and sex they weren't really ready for. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the same passion and brutal honesty that she brought to her first book, \u003ci\u003eAugusta, Gone\u003c\/i\u003e -- the story of her daughter's troubled adolescence -- Dudman re-creates her own wild ride through the turbulent Sixties, vividly recounting scenes you probably experienced yourself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the prim tradition of a posh girls' school and debutante parties of Washington, D.C., to the snows of New Hampshire and the campaign for Eugene McCarthy, from living out of a knapsack in Spain to getting stoned on acid in Yellow Springs, Ohio, \u003ci\u003eExpecting to Fly\u003c\/i\u003e takes us on a blistering trip to a time when the only thing you couldn't be was shocked. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, years later, Dudman reflects on that time and what it means: \"Which was it -- triumph, exploration, some important journey, or just a big stupid mistake, a total waste of time?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou decide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martha Tod Dudman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/26\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.64d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416568117\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDudman, Martha Tod:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eMartha Tod Dudman\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eExpecting to Fly\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAugusta, Gone\u003c\/i\u003e, which was adapted into an award-winning Lifetime Television movie. She lives in Maine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44409871859827,"sku":"9781416568117","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_5277c700-6554-402a-930f-e207a353826d.jpg?v=1771939189","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/expecting-to-fly-a-sixties-reckoning-9781416568117","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}