Author: sarahrelyea

It’s the season of siren songs and loosened bonds―as well as war, campaign slogans, and assassination. When the Raysons leave DC for the Berkeley counterculture, each embraces the moment in a hippie paradise that’s fast becoming a cultural ground zero. Tom, a restless lawyer, pursues a romance with a sexy colleague, while Marian joins a peace party that’s running a Black Panther for president. … for president. But for young Alice, as her family and school fade away in a tear gas fog, the 1960s counterculture brings ambiguous freedom, as Telegraph Avenue beckons. Guided by a child’s eye view in…