this is a writer's personal investigation of the Jesus movement,
in southern california in the early 70's. it is a touching
story where the author finds something powerful & authentic
in a religious movement that is still affecting christianity.

As a Vermont native I may be somewhat biased about my home state. However, should you obtain a copy of Vermont for Every Season you will understand the basis of my bias. Vermont for Every Season is reasonably accurate in its depiction of what a visiter to Vermont could expect to see throughout the course of the year. It depicts people living in a state which hasn't yet been developed to the point of being nothing more than a paved-over artificial human habitat. It reflects living life at a somewhat slower pace where the natural environment dictates the speed of life, not man. I strongly recommend this book. As you leaf through the pages you can almost feel the cold on a ski slope, smell the maple sap being boiled into maple syrup in the early spring, view cows in a peaceful pastoral setting in summer, or have your senses pleasantly assaulted by the colors of autumn. It's a super coffee table picture book. The photography is of the highest quality. Take this advice from an expatriot Vermonter - buy the book... it's worth the wait.

I had the good luck to study scriptwriting with Wells Root, way back in 1974. He was an excellent teacher, and a master of his craft. (He retired from Hollywood in 1966, after writing such scripts as "Magnificent Obsession," and took up teaching at U.C.L.A.)

This book summarizes his teaching very well. If you are thinking about writing screenplays, you owe this book to yourself. He was a humane and intelligent man, and a very good writer. I was sorry to learn that he passed on in 1993. (And I believe he would have insisted that I change the words "passed on" to "died," unless I were trying to create a character who was fond of euphemism!) :-)

Highly recommended!!