betsyhoffman

Why yes! Yes, I am a Real Hippie! The late 1960s and early 1970s were a time of dramatic cultural change. For Bella, that changing world arrives directly in her small Pennsylvania town. A Long Way From Anywhere places readers inside a period when young people were questioning traditional expectations, discovering new music, challenging social

What happens when the life you were given doesn’t feel like the life you were meant to live? That question sits at the heart of A Long Way From Anywhere, the story of Bella, a young woman growing up in Coalburg, Pennsylvania, during a period of enormous cultural change. Bella’s journey begins with curiosity. She

Music can do something few other things can: it can take us somewhere else. For Bella, the young narrator of A Long Way From Anywhere, music is more than background noise. It becomes a companion through difficult moments, an escape from a turbulent home life, and a way to imagine a world beyond the boundaries