The Many Mothers of Ivy Puddingstone

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>. . . beautifully written and full of warmth wit and wisdom. I'm a devoted fan!</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>-Liane Moriarty <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>Big Little Lies</em> and <em>Nine Perfect Strangers</em></strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Seven Children. Five Mothers. One idyllic commune. What could go wrong?</strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Annabel Cooper wants to save the world.</strong><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> Her story begins in 1964 with her journey to Freedom Summer in Mississippi where the disappearance of her first love ignites a lifelong fight for justice. Years later she her husband and four other couples form a Boston political collective where they live together with their children in a rambling Boston house. As the era's social upheaval intensifies they move their children to a Vermont Eden where they can remain safe from the world's threats; their parents continue their political work taking turns traveling to Vermont to care for the children.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>But not all danger comes from the outside.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Annabel's daughter Ivy yearns for normalcy not the patchouli-soaked natural-food-laden confines of Vermont. But mostly she longs for Annabel's attention-until a cataclysmic event alters the course of all their lives and she learns the limits of her many mothers and fathers.</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)><em>The Many Mothers of Ivy Puddingstone</em> delves into the intricate and nuanced dance of familial love and communal ties through the lens of sociopolitical upheaval from the 1960s to the present day examining which sacrifices are worth the price.</strong></p>