I really enjoyed the book, but my face is still swollen from all the crying. He never quite gets over the dissolution of Arcadia and life in the commune, although he lives and works relatively successfully in NYC through most of his adult life. I literally had tears running down my face for about 2/3 of the book, but it was so well written and the characters were captivating. Bit is an exceptionally sensitive person and experiences life SO deeply and emotionally. "This is the story of Bit, a boy born in a hippy commune (Arcadia) in the 60's where he lives until his family re-enters the "big world" when he is about 14. is one of the most moving and satisfying novels I've read in a long time."-Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Over the course of 50 years, Bit witnesses the utopia crumble and the world change in unimaginable ways. Into this group is born Bit, who grows into a quiet, distant man. Her second novel, Arcadia opens in the late 1960s with a group of young idealists forming a commune in western New York State. Lauren Groff's acclaimed debut novel The Monsters of Templeton was short-listed for the Orange Prize.
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