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Arcadia

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Random House, Apr 5, 2012 - Fiction - 304 pages
In the fields of western New York State in the 1970s, on the grounds of a decaying mansion called Arcadia House, a few dozen idealists set out to live off the land. Abe and Hannah's only child, Bit, is born into the commune soon after its creation. He grows up there, becoming deeply attached to Arcadia's way of life and everyone within it, in particular the beautiful but troubled Helle. While Arcadia rises and falls, Bit, too, ages and changes. He needs to find a way to live in the world beyond Arcadia, but can he let go of the past to forge a new start?

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Her prose is, at times, really beautiful. - Goodreads
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User Review  - Judy - Goodreads

Lauren Groff takes us back in time to a hippie commune that might have been and forward in time to a future where the commune's failures are the failures of the broader world. The portion of the story ... Read full review

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User Review  - Carol Ryan - Goodreads

I had a boyfriend in college with strong ties to a commune overlooking Puget Sound on a beautiful island mid- point between Seattle and Canada. We spent long summer weekends there enjoying the quiet ... Read full review

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About the author (2012)

Lauren Groff was born in Cooperstown, New York. She has a BA from Amherst College and an MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and has won fellowships to the Vermont Studio Center and Yaddo. Her debut novel, The Monsters of Templeton, was a New York Times bestseller and was shortlisted for the Orange Broadband Award for New Writers 2008. She lives in Gainesville, Florida.

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