Home Front by Patti Davis wasn't a great book but it wasn't terrible either. I read an interview she did in which she said she sort of bad-mouthed this book but I thought she was being a little hard on herself. When the book was published in 1986, I remember a big to-do because everyone was saying it wasn't fiction, it was a thinly disguised autobiography--she is the daughter of Ronald and Nancy Reagan, and he was our President in 1986. The story is about the rebellious daughter of a Republican governor of California and his wife. The governor has aspirations to be President of the United States. The daughter is totally against the war in Viet Nam and continually embarrassing her parents by making speeches and hanging around with demonstrators. Yes, it sure seems thinly disguised.
Anyway, whether it is or it isn't, it's just the story of what life was like in the 1960s/early 1970s. Everywhere in this country you had conservative parents who supported the war worrying and warring with their pinko liberal minded kids who were against the war and demonstrating in one form or another.
Ah, the good old days.
I'd recommend the book to someone who was curious about those days or who wants to reminisce--although there are other books, probably better, to read about that time period.
10 Things You Want, but Don't Need
1. More books (too many to name)
2. More CDs (see above)
3. More DVDs (see above)
4. Claddagh birthstone ring
5. Tumblebugs (that's a computer game)
6. Alcehmy (another computer game)
7. A big backyard swimming pool
8. A vacation cottage by the beach
9. A second home on the west coast of Ireland
10. A vacation to Hawaii