Sounds Happy

The locals call them “the hippies” and cultures soon clash in this enclave of fishermen and farmers. Drug bust and betrayal, shipwreck and survival, are all part of the journey, as are the friendships made and lessons learnt. This account of ‘commune’ lifestyle in the 70’s is candid and personal, hilarious and poignant. It is also a chronicle of love and marriage, heartache and loss, of spirituality and self-discovery. It spans most of a life-time and takes us away to distant places too, in its flow of insights and stories; but down deep, right at its heart, are the towering mountains and blue-green seas of the Sounds. And its people.