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In 1969 a child named Cedar is born in a ramshackle farmhouse in Chatham, County, North Carolina. Outside her father Sol dances around a fire and blows pot smoke into the faces of his eager guests gathered to celebrate the birth of his first child.

Looking back on her life, Cedar tells the story of her parents’ relationship, it’s demise, and hitting the road with her mother Sara in a beat up VW van. 

At the root of every decision Sara makes is the loss of her beloved brother in Vietnam the year before Cedar was born.

Returning to the farmhouse in Chatham County with a new lover in tow, Sara and Cedar embark on life in a commune. But lust and jealousy prevail, as they so often did during those idyllic times.  Purchasing Information