{"product_id":"bell-bottoms-to-gucci","title":"Bell Bottoms to Gucci","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: times new roman;\"\u003eBook Description\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: times new roman;\"\u003e If you’ve ever wished you could re-live or go back in time and experience the colorful, music-powered, psychedelic 1960s and 70s, this novel is for you. \u003cem\u003eBell Bottoms to Gucci\u003c\/em\u003e drops you into the year 1964 when the first protests of that era are born-campus takeovers, billy-clubbing, students being dragged into police vans, etc. Patti’s boyfriend, David, a student at UC Berkeley—inspired by the real kingpin of protests in those days—takes Patti under his wing and grooms her for the stereotypical role of hippie campus protester. “Hell No, We Won’t Go!” echoes her true feelings about the Vietnam War during her college years. But after three assassinations and the Kent State shootings, Patti wears down and eventually admits her revulsion of the protests themselves. Upon graduation she returns home and grabs the gusto of a different life when she enters the “yuppie” corporate environment. From The Plaza in NYC to corporate boardrooms to the Fifth Avenue \u003cem\u003epied-a-terre\u003c\/em\u003e of a wealthy descendant of Dutch patroons, Patti navigates a world of deception, greed, high stakes and power players. Now out of sync with her previous “love and peace” persona and her beloved David, a descent into this darker world ensues. What she doesn’t know is that her past relationships with conspiratorial figures involved in the Kennedy assassination are about to catch up with her in a life and death situation. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: times new roman;\"\u003e Nothing less than an ode to baby boomers, \u003cem\u003eBell Bottoms to Gucci\u003c\/em\u003e is likely to become the \u003cem\u003esine qua non\u003c\/em\u003e hippie-to-yuppie transformation novel … one that examines both sides of the political fence with startling insight from an intuitive personal perspective … colored with references to the genius music that made those tumultuous decades as bright and shining as the ideals of love and peace themselves. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Acclaim Press, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":19407913418819,"sku":"Bell Bottoms to Gucci","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0065\/2515\/7443\/products\/BellBottomsToGucci_WEB.jpg?v=1556655844","url":"https:\/\/acclaim-press-inc.myshopify.com\/products\/bell-bottoms-to-gucci","provider":"Acclaim Press, Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}