Hippie Woman Wild

A Memoir of Life & Love on an Oregon Commune

De: Carol Schlanger

Narrado por: Carol Schlanger

A not-so-nice Jewish girl, expelled from Yale Drama during the Vietnam protests, abandons her acting dream to follow the man she loves to an off-the-grid commune in Oregon.

At 23, Carol Schlanger was an insecure upper middle class radical. Her parents spoiled her, and she expected the universe to follow. It didn't. After being expelled from Yale, losing a coveted Broadway lead, and seeing a suicide splatter at her feet, she left NYC for the Great Northwest, to live in nature with a man "who made everything beautiful with his hands". At that time she chose love and nature over art and career...until she didn't.

Carol Schlanger put "hidden" cash down on an abandoned homestead - 160 acres. The commune followed - all 13 jammed tight into a broken-down cabin with no phone, no electricity, and no running water. They were dependent on each other for every human need and survival. But then freeloading and free love threatened the hard-won utopia. After struggling through infidelity, rape, and childbirth, all except the father of her child left when Carol refused to share land ownership. When, as a lone wilderness "wife", she accidentally set their house on fire, she realized she couldn't survive in isolation.

Strapping her toddler into a battered old Chevy, she headed to Los Angeles to reclaim her life as a mother, her power as an artist, and her responsibility as an adult. This time her Texan followed her. This is both their love story and a love story for an explosive, mind-altering era.

©2019 Carol Schlanger (P)2020 Blackstone Publishing and Skyboat Media, Inc.

Excellent!

What an interesting, well-written book this was! I was so sorry when it ended. I wanted to go on hearing more and more adventures of Carol and Clint. I am so glad their love has lasted throughout the years. I definitely recommend this book. I can't imagine anyone finding it boring.

Back to the 70s

Interesting look at the life in an Oregon commune. Great to have the author do the narration!

honest and historic

A depiction of life,,, not just hippee life, but a young life evolving. a true story of friendships, love and family... and how you control your own narrative. very honest and a real pleasure. wish there were pictures to go along with it. all the characters interesting. 100% recommend.

The Performance Made an Average Story Much Better

Audio books where the narrator does separate voices for all the characters, male and female, are hit and miss. This one was a hit because the author is a professional actor and it is her story. The accents and cadence used for the different characters made them more relatable. As it relates to hippies, there is not a lot of new ground plowed here, but you do get a realistic view of what it was like to live off the grid with a bunch of people in Oregon in the early 1970s. The "average" part is that the story is common in its trajectory from idealism to practicality is predictable.

The ending seemed needlessly abrupt because to me that would have been the most interesting transition; how do you leave the commune with a new baby, almost no money and "make it" in Los Angeles as an actress? Is the answer as simple as you have a great friend from Yale named Henry Winkler? We don't know because she rushes off to the Epilogue. I'd buy a second book to find out about that part.

Excellent, despite the lousy title

A terrific memoir that is deeply human, that is touching, humorous, and thoughtful. Anyone from any age group or background will enjoy this woman's struggles. She doesn't boast, or complain but tells of a time in history that has not been described with much accuracy. I was one of those hippies and we were a complex group, without a specific identity, complex. The author describes the movement well. She narrates it and does well.