Looking for John Steinbeck - a novel: Based on the fictional journals of Stefani Michel: 1 (Lavandula)

by Ginna Gordon Based on the fictional journals of Stefani MichelAs the Wheel of Life turns at Sweet Farm the homestead of the Wymans a Carmel Valley Calfornia family we focus on three sisters: Rita Nana and Fox and their three daughters: Tate Stevie and Jolene cousins and friends. Life rumbles the earth at the farm like any compound full of women their men children elders and friends.They breathe the air of the Valley filled with the scent of lavender growing abundantly on ten fertile acres. They eat of the garden harvest. The women are restless. The men are nervous. The girls are growing up in the 60s and they and their peers will become known as Baby Boomers Flower Children Hippies Yuppies the ME generation; they will be affected by the Vietnam War Rock & Roll revolutions from sexual to political and other dramatic social changes.But mostly they will be dealing with their loves their children and their homes as they relate to and are touched by those concerns mentioned above. Book One in the Lavandula Series Looking for John Steinbeck sets the scene for the stories of the Wymans their offspring and relations with the reluctant Lord Charles Huffington Jolenes father contemplating his recent behavior.