Someone To Trust: True Stories About Choices (The Way Across Forever)

By Dr Danyl Doyle

Set in America's watershed year of 1968, a small group of friends from rural Colorado confront dilemmas and conflicts in religion, sexuality, drugs, racism and war. It is more than a coming of age story. It is a history of a whole generation's beginnings during a period of great chaos and change, not unlike the present. The year before this story begins was "The Long Hot Summer of 1967" during which were over 159 race riots in the United States. 1968 is considered a historical watershed. During "The Incredible Year", the nation had a nervous spasm because one traumatic event followed another. It was not a question of declining material well-being; instead, the country's values and institutions were fraying. Similar the U.S. in 2019, America was fractured between liberals and conservatives over the Vietnam War, racism, women's rights, sexual freedom, drugs, abortion, prayer in schools, and respect for institutions. Everything was punctured by youth rebellion. Calling it the "counter-culture", young people defied tradition and experimented with unconventional lifestyles to celebrated freedom and equality. A generation gap emerged between parents and children over issues of war and peace, race, gender, sexual promiscuity, religion, patriotism and lifestyle. It seemed the nation might break apart. In 1968, there were many acts of conscience against the immorality of a "system" that oppressed people around the world.China was at the height of its "Cultural Revolution" that made Mao a cult hero while stalling modernization. The War in Vietnam had escalated despite the promise of every presidential candidate to bring our boys home.Nevertheless, in rural Delta County Colorado, life went on much as it had in the 1950s. Grow up, marry young, raise kids, and try to make a living. It was one of the most impoverished counties in Colorado. Locals said, "It's a great place to live but you can't make a living." Young people moved away to find work, saying, "It's a good place to be from." It lay safe within the arms of the Grand Mesa where three hundred trout lakes nestled among pine, spruce and quaking aspen trees. Unfortunately, youth suicide attempts were relatively common and there were no mental health services. To see a "shrink" meant you were crazy and belonged in the "nut house." Something broods under the Valley of the Ute Curse.What follows is a romantic adventure based on idealism and choices that affected all the friends.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1705992528
• ISBN13: 9781705992524
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 381 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.0"