Long Strange Trip
by Vicki Gaia
ISBN: 1-59998-046-0
Published By: Samhain Publishing
Review Date: 03 Jun 2006
Reviewed by Autiotalo
It's 1967, the Summer of Love, and Kenneth, a professor of mathematics, has left New York after the break-up of his one and only serious relationship to spend some time in San Francisco. At a concert in a park, he meets Rose Red. At first he thinks she's a hippy chick woman's libber, but it soon transpires that she's intelligent, witty and emotionally damaged from a previous relationship. She's still waiting for Mark, her true love, to come back to her, and so until then she's embracing the Summer of Love with joyful abandon.
After their meeting, Kenneth and Rose Red can't forget one another. Attracted by their differences and what-could-be, they agree to meet once a week for no-strings-attached sex. Their rules regarding the arrangement quickly fall aside as Kenneth experiences more of the 'hippy' way of life, his rigid personality opening up with each knew discovery and as he begins to fall under Rose's spell. But they break up just as Mark arrives back on the scene – only to discover, when term starts at the university, that Rose is to be Kenneth's teaching assistant. Betrayals, arrest, shocks, and an unforgettable family Christmas await them – but where does love factor into the equation?
This is a tour-de-force, an examination of the human soul and its expectations and limitations, of love in its different facets, and of need. With exquisite detail that captures the mood and setting of both time and place, Ms Gaia also gives us a plot and dialogue both realistic and meaningful. Kenneth and Rose are two very special characters I'll remember for a long time. An intelligent and well-crafted read, I recommend it whole-heartedly.
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