Coup De Foudre
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Last published Mon, Jan 7, 2019
It's the 70s in the city of Woodstock. The Vietnam war is over. The "Pill" has been marketed and Feminism is the new thing.
Timothy is a music and book enthusiast. As long as he's got his compact cassette, his Beatles cassettes, and his copy of The Catcher in The Rye, he's happy.
Timothy winds up walking in on a full-blown murder but finds himself helping the murderer, a French girl named Océane, Océane is still into the 60s craze of sex, rock, and drugs. She's also a feminist, fighting for the legalization of abortion. She rides on the waves of Niel Young and Elton John.
Follow Timothy on his coming of age journey through helping a hippie hide from the consequences of murder.
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