
Arcadia
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Narrated by:
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Andrew Garman
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By:
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Lauren Groff
Lauren Groff’s acclaimed debut novel The Monsters of Templeton was short-listed for the Orange Prize. Her second novel, Arcadia opens in the late 1960s with a group of young idealists forming a commune in western New York State. Into this group is born Bit, who grows into a quiet, distant man. Over the course of 50 years, Bit witnesses the utopia crumble and the world change in unimaginable ways.
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Beautifully written
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Story petered out
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not a fan
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down Alice's rabbithole...
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I am about the age of main characters parents, and also "experimented" with communal living as well as a lot of other facets of this story. I had a deep fear that I was to have a child and raise him/her in that environment that it would be akin to child neglect. ie-bringing up a child in such an unrealistic world...without real healthcare sketchy vegan diet...I could go on, but you know what I mean. I always knew I was just 'playing' at being a 'peacenik', altho the principles are engrained in me even now. This book and story truely resonated with me personally that is to say. The development is a little slow to take off, Until I realized it was being told thru the voice of a young 'hippie' child. Then it made sense to me, and I became Bit. So well written I empathized with him completely. Didnt want the story to stop. The narrator is awesome. Simple perfect.Close to home
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I just couldn't get into this book. I read almost half of it and kept wishing that I was at the end. I loved her other book--The Monsters of Templeton--but the subject of the book, a hippy commune, just didn't keep me interested. And the very small boy who is the main character kept making me think of Owen Meany. So I set this book aside.Didn't dive it as I did with Monsters of Templeton
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Beautiful heart wrenching story
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Pretty good
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Stunning Narrative
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The story, language, imagery, sentiments.
Gorgeous
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