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 […]