NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST - From the award-winning author of The Tortilla Curtain comes a "gorgeously crafted epic" (People) about a band of hippies who attempt to establish themselves deep in the wilderness of Alaska....
Star has joined a hippie commune devoted to peace, free love and living the simple, natural life. For Star and her companions it is utopia, a community free of the restrictions of the outside world. But underneath the bliss, she discovers tensions that threaten to split the community...