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Love and Haight
It’s 1971, and seventeen-year-old Chloe and her best friend MJ head to San Francisco to ring in the New Year. But Chloe has an ulterior motive—and a secret. She’s pregnant and has devised a plan not to be. In San Francisco’s flower-power heyday, it was (just about) legal to end her pregnancy.
But as soon as the girls cross the Golden Gate, the scheme starts to unravel a
Hardcover, 192 pages
Published
March 13th 2012
by Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
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San Francisco, 1971, the era of hippies, drugs & "free love", where Chloe has gone to seek a legal abortion after a "slip-up" with a casual boyfriend. I had some problems with the portrayal of the time & place, being from that era & having visited S.F. during "the summer of love- 1967", when I was 21, including Haight St. This novel deals with a real problem for teen girls- whether or not to have an abortion- but the characters mostly seem shallow & rather idiotic, the way they f...more
Review originally posted on May 16, 2012 on Words at Home blog: http://www.wordsathome.ca/2012/05/lov...
Love & Haight is a fun, and slightly tripped out, walk through the streets of San Francisco in 1971. It touches on family connections, love lost and love found, friendship and what it takes to really know yourself and follow your convictions. Love & Haight is written in a deliciously witty and psychedelic narrative that makes it a completely enjoyable and entirely too quick read.
I was...more
Love & Haight is a fun, and slightly tripped out, walk through the streets of San Francisco in 1971. It touches on family connections, love lost and love found, friendship and what it takes to really know yourself and follow your convictions. Love & Haight is written in a deliciously witty and psychedelic narrative that makes it a completely enjoyable and entirely too quick read.
I was...more
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Not only does this book address abortion head-on without the cop-outs you usually see in books and television shows (e.g. the conveniently-timed miscarriage that absolves the writer of any tough decision-making), it walks readers step by step through what a 17-year-old girl would have gone through to get an abortion in 1971. I've never read anything like it before, and for that alone, I'd recommend it.
Carlton explores the issues through some very realistically conflicted characters. Politics are...more
Carlton explores the issues through some very realistically conflicted characters. Politics are...more
It's a heady time in San Francisco in the early 1970's, and Chole and MJ are caught in the thick of it. Ostensibly, they've gone to visit Chloe's free-spirited aunt Kiki, but Chloe has an ulterior motive. She's pregnant, and in San Francisco it's (barely) legal for her to have an abortion.
As a pro-life person, it is really hard for me to write an unbiased review of this book, because reading it felt like reading a book where you know the main character will commit suicide at the end. You keep s...more
As a pro-life person, it is really hard for me to write an unbiased review of this book, because reading it felt like reading a book where you know the main character will commit suicide at the end. You keep s...more
LOVE AND HAIGHT isn't your average YA novel. It deals with some very heavy and taboo concepts that a lot of people aren't willing to acknowledge. I'm still not quite sure what to say or how I feel about it. It definitely brought out some raw emotions in me and I felt like Carlton attempted to handle the situation as well as she could. LOVE AND HAIGHT isn't one of my favorite YA novels, but I grew on it.
Chloe is one messed up 17-year-old when the novel opens. She has a very difficult decision to...more
Chloe is one messed up 17-year-old when the novel opens. She has a very difficult decision to...more
This book is definitely YA, but a couple of years ago I had a student who really wanted to read about hippies in the 60s and 70s, and I still pick up books thinking about her! From a social history perspective, this was very interesting-- Chloe is pregnant, and abortion is legal in San Francisco in 1971 as long as certain procedures are followed. Chloe and her friend MJ go to spend Christmas break with Chloe's aunt while Chloe is going to all the appointments and getting all the paperwork in ord...more
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Release Date:March 13, 2012
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (Macmillan)
Age Group: Young Adult
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
Source: ARC received from publisher
Tell Me More:With the exception ofGo Ask Alice, there are very few YA novels that attempt to tell the story of kids faced with the temptations of drugs, sex and "free love" in the last five decades. The taboo subjects that were only whispered about in the 1970s are now blurted out on...more
Release Date:March 13, 2012
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (Macmillan)
Age Group: Young Adult
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
Source: ARC received from publisher
Tell Me More:With the exception ofGo Ask Alice, there are very few YA novels that attempt to tell the story of kids faced with the temptations of drugs, sex and "free love" in the last five decades. The taboo subjects that were only whispered about in the 1970s are now blurted out on...more
I love historical fiction! Okay, the seventies was not that long ago, but that decade is completely different from now (or any other time really). While the story didn't completely grab me, the setting sure did.
Chloe is seventeen and pregnant. More specifically, Chloe is seventeen and pregnant and does not plan to be for much longer. She travels to San Francisco with her best friend to get an abortion where it is legal (although there are a few hoops to jump through). While there though, things...more
Chloe is seventeen and pregnant. More specifically, Chloe is seventeen and pregnant and does not plan to be for much longer. She travels to San Francisco with her best friend to get an abortion where it is legal (although there are a few hoops to jump through). While there though, things...more
It is definitely a YA book. I'm not sure the subject matter would be appropriate in a school library but I think it would be okay in a public library. It seems as if drugs and abortions would come up as a topic of discussion (and the parents of our students are just not ready for that to happen in a school setting). I grew up during this time and drugs and abortion was not the only thing about 60s that was memorable but this book will make young people think that is all there was to that era.
With subject matter that is even more relevant in today's political climate, this alternately hilarious and provocative novel is a pleasure to read and a pleasure to recommend. While the protagonist is a teen, many adults will relate to her growing maturity in the face of adversity. The supporting characters behave (and misbehave) with convincing realism, and Carlton's deft humor keeps the proceedings from becoming grim or preachy. Highly recommended!
Well, the author certainly did her research for this one. This novel is practically a showcase of all that was new, hip, happenin' or just around in the early 1970s. (Which is made even more impressive by the fact the author wasn't around for the hippie era.)
I was glad the storyline did not turn out preachy, as it easily could have, and managed a realistic ending.
I was glad the storyline did not turn out preachy, as it easily could have, and managed a realistic ending.
So I finally finished. I wasn't impressed but I suppose it wasn't meant to give me much more than I got out of it. Meh.
I can't stand typos in books, especially punctuation typos. I'm not saying I'm perfect, but the editor exists for a reason. Page 4, an ending quotation mark that shouldn't exist and thanks to that I already have a bad taste in my mouth.
I can't stand typos in books, especially punctuation typos. I'm not saying I'm perfect, but the editor exists for a reason. Page 4, an ending quotation mark that shouldn't exist and thanks to that I already have a bad taste in my mouth.
The 70s gave many people the chance to be free and enjoy themselves in ways they never thought possible. Chloe and MJ travel to California for the chance for Chloe to have an abortion. However nothing happens as planned and Chloe ends up involving more people than she ever thought she would in her decision.
Had this been written in say 1975, it would have been classified as a "problem" novel.
As it is, let's call it historical fiction, where the setting is more important than characters or plot.
No doubt, the setting is groovy, and likely of much interest to today's teenagers.
As it is, let's call it historical fiction, where the setting is more important than characters or plot.
No doubt, the setting is groovy, and likely of much interest to today's teenagers.
I thought Love and Haight was super groovy! The book pushes the envelope a little of YA literature, but was a great story! I would recommend this book to a more mature YA reader, or someone who is looking to start some interesting conversations about women's health.
An intelligent and thought provoking timely read coupled with that of immediate character relatablility (& cool San Fran setting) that's only slighly marred by the quick bow tie conclusion.
This was an interesting book. I was a little disturbed by some of the choices but it did help me understand what a difference life is like before or even just after pro-choice came into effect. I wasn’t alive in the ’70s so it’s crazy how differently the same circumstances today would be both judged and handled. I do think it was a good book. It was easy to read and understand.
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A short book about a girl that has to make a very big decision/choice.
Beautiful. Carlton's characters are pitch perfect. I cried when I finished.
Mature audiences but good quick read
Th 70's play so authentically in the background of this story, it's hard to believe the novel was written now. I found I was hooked on Chloe's story on page 6 and knew I wasn't going to put the book down until I knew what she was going to do about This, as she calls her unwanted pregnancy. Carlton makes Chloe someone you both care about and have faith in, and the other characters in the book are equally compelling in their own ways. I would be happy to read more about Chloe, and certainly lots m...more
Loved it!
Risqué is what comes to mind and that is sad in 2012... Because I know I will have parents who object to the subject matter of this book. I haven't let it stop me before and I hardly think this will be the book that makes a censor out of me. Abortion in 1971 was as controversial as it is I'm 2012. We haven't come very far at all....
Anyway, good solid book with like able characters and believable plot and dialogue. It was easy to read.
I will right formal review later. But was a nice quick read
A realistic portrayal of a seventeen year old girl, Chloe, who is seeking an abortion in San Francisco in 1971. Abortion is a polarizing issue now and then so this is not an easy book to have an opinion about. It is good historical fiction that brings to life an place and an era.
This is a very quick read that describes a teen's struggles with love, friendship, abortion and her liberated mother. Carlton illuminates the climate during the early days of the pro-choice movement and hippie San Francisco.
Did not love it. Did not haight it.
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