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Violence
Some
Some violence; the Alaska frontier and commune conflict
Language
Some
Strong language; the 1970s counterculture voice
Sexual Content
A lot
Explicit sexual content; the commune's sexual freedom is depicted frankly
Substance Use
A lot
Heavy drug and alcohol use pervasive throughout the commune scenes
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of idealism, reality, and what happens to utopia when it meets the actual world
What this book is about
The residents of Drop City — a 1970s California commune — are driven from their land and decide to move to Alaska. Boyle interweaves their story with that of Sess Harder, a real Alaskan frontier settler. The collision of hippie idealism with Alaskan reality is both comedy and tragedy. National Book Award finalist.
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Explicit sexual content
Heavy drug use throughout
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