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Arcadia
A Historical Fiction Novel by Lauren Groff
Subgenres:
- Commune Fiction,
- Coming-of-Age,
- 1970s New York State
This book is for you if you're into...
- Commune stories set in 1970s New York State
- Watching utopian dreams unravel through one character's coming of age
A staggering portrait of a crumbling utopia, this novel filled with the raw beauty beautifully depicts an idyllic commune in New York State -- and charts its eventual yet inevitable downfall.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER.
In the fields of western New York State in the 1970s, a few dozen idealists set out to live off the land, founding a commune centered on the grounds of a decaying mansion called Arcadia House.
Arcadia follows this romantic utopian dream from its hopeful start through its heyday.
Arcadia's inhabitants include Handy, the charismatic leader; his wife, Astrid, a midwife; Abe, a master carpenter; Hannah, a baker and historian; and Abe and Hannah's only child, Bit.
While Arcadia rises and falls, Bit, too, ages and changes.
He falls in love with Helle, Handy's lovely, troubled daughter.
And eventually he must face the world beyond Arcadia.
In Arcadia, Groff displays her literary gifts to stunning effect.
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