A Year in the Company of Freaks

Its 1972 and a seismic clash-of-cultures is rattling northern California. In the redneck town of Trinity Springs rumors of hippies migrating up from San Francisco have residents bracing for an invasion. When Italian-American hometown boy and Berkeley graduate Sid Jackson is busted for growing pot on his deceased parents farm locals suspect the assault has begun. Will a crazy deferral program devised by the sheriff keep Sid out of prison? Or will a house full of eccentric strangers a passionate love interest and demons from his past be his undoing? A disarmingly appealing tale of discrimination transformation and restoration Freaks is bursting with intrigue drama comic relief and romance. Reviewers agree this five-star coming-of-age classic very much reflects the attitude and mood of the times.