Oh! Those Sixties

This novel portrays vividinsights into the lives of individuals caught up in the various issues andevents during the later years of the Sixties. The earlier years of the decadeof brewing unrest are treated through flashbacks or memory comments that clarifycurrent activity. The late Sixties contained the mounting pressures. Charactersrepresent a wide range of perspectives--parental confusion and/or support, tten independence, protesters of injustice, defenders ofthe status quo, impatience with the status quo, evaders of issues, workers for justice, Vietnam as necessary or evil.

The turmoil and complexity of thesixties are well known, but the issues are generally treated independently toprovide a depth of understanding. This novel provides avenues for seeing allthe issues in related contexts to help sharpen overall perceptions of theperiod. How could such a range of conflicting problems and issues coalesce anddemand solution at the same time? To wit: racial discrimination, interventionin Vietnam, drug use, gender inequities, university roles, and changing mores.However it happened, individuals needed to respond.

Are we better off for the travailof the Sixties? Would positive changes have occurred without such a conflictingtime? Read and wonder.