Originally published in 1970, Marge Piercy's second novel follows the
lives of four teenagers, in a near-future society, as they rebel against
a military draft and "the system." The occupation of Franklin High
School begins, and with it, the open rebellion of America's youth
against their channeled, unrewarding lives and the self-serving, plastic
society that directs them.
From the disillusionment and alienation of the young at the center of
the revolt, to their attempts to build a visionary new society, the
nationwide following they gain and the brutally complete repression that
inevitably follows, this is a future fiction without a drop of fantasy.
As driving, violent, and nuanced today as it was 40 years ago, this
anniversary edition includes a new introduction by the author reflecting
unapologetically on the novel and the times from which it emerged.