by Gaby Santinelli, based on The Patience of Rivers by Joseph Freda
When a responsible, shy young man from Upstate NY turns eighteen, he registers for the draft in Vietnam, but fears his life could be over before it begins — and strives to live life to the fullest while he still can.
Yet while he dutifully works at his family’s campgrounds, he wants nothing more than escape his hometown by hitch-hiking cross country with a great girl by his side. But unlike his best friend, who easily bags all the best babes, our hero wants more than a string of disposable one night stands.
However, during the turbulent summer of 1969, he discovers what it means to be a man, right here at home — by learning who his real friends are, by saving his family from their shady business partner, and by meeting the love of his life during the life-changing weekend of The Woodstock Festival.
