In 1970, Christie
left behind the comforts of L.A. and joined a New Age commune in rural Arizona.
With the Vietnam War raging and the counterculture movement in full swing, she
hoped to find a community to create a better society. But building a new
culture is no easy task, especially when free love, psychedelics, and a war
protest gone horribly wrong are thrown into the mix. Important secrets follow
them beyond the commune.
Put on your tie-dyed shirt and come to Bella Vida as the friends try to change the rules of modern society, then face the repercussions of when middle age sets in.
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In the 1970s Carolyn
Niethammer visited communes throughout the West and settled in an Arizona
artists’ community for many years. Those years were important to who she became
as she learned to gather wild foods and wrote several cookbooks centered on
edible plants.
In “Everything We Thought We Knew” she hopes to shed light on an important part of American history where young people were advocating for peace in Vietnam War protests and fled to communes, seeking a lifestyle apart from the commercialism and isolation that had overtaken society.
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