![]() ![]() it took me a little while to get into it, and then a long time to read it (like at least twice as long as i feel like it should have taken) but i really did like what she was doing and i liked the story, the writing, the book itself. There is such love in this book that at times it's a bit overwhelming. ![]() Overall, tho, this is just the book I wanted to read during the "pandemic" about which our media & politicos are trying to frighten us. There are some internal inconsistencies that need to be ignored (such as how come the rest of the world doesn't have a presence), and moments when the characters get a bit preachy. Starhawk gives a good overview of how the utopian society works, alternative healing, their consensus decision-making, their creed of the 4 sacred things (air, earth, fire, water) that all are committed to protecting. Chapters alternate between her point of view, that of her grandmother Maya, one of the original activists from the 1990's, and that of her friend Bird who is imprisoned in the south. ![]() Set in California after a social upheaval, Madrone's egalitarian hometown is threatened by a militaristic-hierarchical-fundamentalist-racist community to the south. There is much that I admire in this tale of a community that seeks a non-violent defense against an agressor who has set loose a manufactured virus epidemic in preparation for an invasion. ![]()
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