The Pipe Dreamers

by Sandra Gurvis

Like Kent State in the late 1960's, Hayes University was in a sleepy Ohio college town. Julia Brandon, an innocent sorority girl, was in for an awakening, both emotionally and physically. Trouble begins when she tries to bail her radical roommate out of jail and escalates as she becomes increasingly involved with the protest movement, which erupts in violence, death, and destruction. She falls irrevocably in love with handsome, carefree, soon-to-be drafted Win, who steals her heart, entombing her emotionally. Fifteen years later, trapped in an arid life, Julia catches a glimpse of a man whom she believes to be Win while on a cruise. She embarks upon a journey which leads her to the brink of devastation. Can she accept the truth about what happened so long ago without destroying herself and those she loves? For those who lived through it, The Pipe Dreamers recaptures the turmoil surrounding Vietnam, the sexual revolution, and the rejection of parental values. For those who did not, it's an eye-opening revelation of what Mom and Dad were really up to back then.

Genres: Fiction

256 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2001

Reviews

[Lora Burch · Rating 3 out of 5]

Intersting

I was a teen during the late 1960s so I found this book very interesting. I was not involved in any protests against the Vietnam war - intact I joined the Navy in 1969 so was very far removed from the protest. Therefore, it was like discovering whole other side to those years.

While i enjoyed this book I must comment on the very poor editing that was done on this book. It had so many mistakes (lots of hyphenated words in the middle of a sentence) that it took away from the good story.

[Michelle Houston · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was ok. The author didn't leave much to the imagination, not everything needs to be spelled out. Great topics, but I think maybe its a bit much. Just got on my nerves...