BLURB: The year is 1969…
Gary Fairchild is proud to be a hippie college student, and he protests the Vietnam War because he believes in love and peace. To him, it isn’t just a counterculture movement—it’s a way of life. When tickets to the Aquarium Exposition—3 Days of Peace & Music, or Woodstock, as it was better known, go on sale, there’s no way he isn’t going.
Richard Ronsman is a sheltered farm boy who lives in the shadow of his overbearing father. He’s hidden his darkest secret to earn his father’s love, but nothing is ever good enough—not even volunteering for the Vietnam War. And with just a few days left before he’s deployed, a striking hippie invites him to join them at a music festival.
Three days of music, drugs, rain, mud, and love forged a bond between these two very different men that would shape the rest of their lives. They share dreams and fears, and when Richard is shipped off to war, they share letters and love. For Richard’s first Christmas home, he is gifted a special angel ornament that just might make a soldier’s wish come true.
My Review: I received a copy in exchange for an honest review. I'm not sure if I read too many of the Christmas Angel stories, and this story became the one too many, or if it was because it was set in my own early teens, but I really couldn't get into this one as much as most of the others. I did like the way the book was split into three distinct sections and the angst was never too much given the background of the Vietnam War for some of it. It certainly ended on a much happier note given that it was in the early 1970s when being gay was against the law. I will probably read this one again - on it's own without any other Christmas stories to see if I enjoy it more, or if it's because of the era it is set in and my early teen memories stop me from enjoying it.
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