Rebellion 1967

Janet Duffy A Spunky Seventeen-Year-Old Irish Girl Is Eager To Start College—But Instability Between Her Alcoholic Father And Self-Absorbed Mother Jeopardize Her Dream So She Sets Up Her Own Apartment With Her Younger Sister In Jamaica Queens And Treks To City College In Manhattan New York. The Routine Is Deadening But She Finds Purpose In The Black Community Working For A Mural Painter And Volunteering For A Civil Rights Activist. . . After Turning Eighteen Janet Marches With Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. And Falls For A Young Black Saxophone Player Carmen. Her Father A Policeman Explodes Over Their Relationship So Janet Rebels—Runs Away With The Jazz Musician And Then Winds Up In The East Village In The Summer Of Love. In The Ensuing Months She Deals With Heartbreak Sexual Harassment Poverty And Danger—But Eventually She Asks For The Help She Needs In Order To Pick Up The Pieces Of Her Life And Return To Her Dream.