Gone North

Author: Suellen Ocean
Length: 165 page(s)
Written: Oct 2012
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Views: 333

What future is there for a young musician when things turn dark and desperate? What's coming down at the home of the rock star? Was that gunshots? And were those underage girls hanging out at the mountain retreat of Madrone County's most visible musician? And who are those older hippy women and why are they competing for the love of an ex-con? Why do thousands of young people gravitate toward this tiny community in the mountains not far from the ocean? Why has everyone Gone North?

"Gone North" is part tragic documentary and part coming of age story set amidst the perils of growing marijuana in California’s steep, heavily forested mountains among crooked cops and church going pot growers. When an ex-con and a rock star butt heads over women and the threat of exposure to law enforcement, all hell breaks loose, but many of those caught in the middle are school teachers, carpenters, bank tellers and your standard array of small town citizens trying to survive miles away from the nearest city. This is the story of what happened, twenty plus years after the summer of love, to people who fled suburbia after the Vietnam War. Unfortunately, the high value of Mom and Pop crops drew unwanted visitors from the city who wanted to exploit the region, grow hundreds of plants, cut and run, leaving the locals to deal with the political fallout.

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Suellen Ocean
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With a Bachelor of Arts degree from Sonoma State University, Suellen Ocean does her writing from the hills of Northern California. She began writing professionally for radio and print broadcasting in the late 1980’s. Her first self-published book led to her becoming “officially” published, when in 1998 she was asked to participate in the anthology, “The Simple Life” through Berkley Books, New York. She is the author of nine books on diverse subjects.

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