A Thousand Steps, by T. Jefferson Parker, is a historical fiction/crime novel that takes place in Laguna Beach, California in 1968. (Isn’t that a perfect cover?) "Matt is a 16 year-old kid. His mother is a drug addict - his brother is off fighting in the tunnels in Vietnam - his deadbeat dad has moved away - he is always hungry. And now his sister has not come home for a couple of nights. The police don't want to listen. They think she is just another runaway. Laguna is awash in LSD and heroin and the police want to chase away hippies instead of look for his sister. All Matt wants to do is spend time with his middle-school crush and be a regular teenager. But he is the only one who can find his sister." This is my first book from Parker. He has the ability to make you feel like you're there in the scene. You can hear the noise of the protestors on the street - the sound of the festival - smell the unwashed bodies. And you can feel Matt's desperation and hunger. There are evil, greedy people here.I love the way Parker uses the paper airplanes. It's a wild ending and Matt must make some tough choices. Great story from Parker. Thanks to @netgalley and @forgereads for the advanced copy. #athousandsteps #tjeffersonparker #historicalcrimefiction #ageofaquarius #netgalley #forgebooks #bookstagram #bookshelves #booknerd #bookhoarder #bookworm #sodacityreads #bookish #bookreview #hardcover #bookcover #bookhaul #literarycrimefiction #goodreads #homelibrary #fiction #domesticthriller #crimefiction #thriller #hippiefiction #lagunabeach (at Laguna Beach, California) https://www.instagram.com/fredhandbag_reads/p/CYbgRXaLgNu/?utm_medium=tumblr
