The optimistic decade : a novel
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2018.
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9781616206307, 1616206306
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Published
Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2018.
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Book
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354 pages ; 24 cm
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English
ISBN
9781616206307, 1616206306

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Framed by the oil shale bust and the real estate boom, by protests against Reagan and against the Gulf War, The Optimistic Decade takes us into the lives of five unforgettable characters, and is a sweeping novel about idealism, love, class, and a piece of land that changes everyone who lives on it. There is Caleb Silver, the beloved founder of the back-to-the-land camp Llamalo, who is determined to teach others to live simply. There are the ranchers, Don and son Donnie, who gave up their land to Caleb, having run out of options after Exxon came and went and left them bankrupt. There is Rebecca Silver, determined to become an activist like her father and undone by the spell of Llamalo and new love; and there is David, a teenager who has turned Llamalo into his personal religion. But situated on a plateau in the heart of the Rockies, Llamalo proves that it might outlast anyone's heady plans for it, from the earliest Native American settlers to the latest lovers of the land.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Abel, H. (2018). The optimistic decade: a novel (First edition.). Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Abel, Heather. 2018. The Optimistic Decade: A Novel. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Abel, Heather. The Optimistic Decade: A Novel Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2018.

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Abel, Heather. The Optimistic Decade: A Novel First edition., Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2018.

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