Shirley J. Adult Fiction Communes, Charismatic Leaders
Fierce Little Thing By Miranda Beverly-Whittermore 432 pages
THis is the story of a bunch of damaged people who come to live together in a hippie-like commune in Maine. One of the teenagers there, Saskia is mesmerized by the charismatic leader who assures everyone he loves them and wants to take care of them. Saskia is taken in by his charms. She is an impressionable girl and he is an older virile man who claims love as his only motive and saving this group from the politicos who kill anyoee wanting to live outside societal norms. (David Koresh, etc.) He inspires the community living in the woods with him so much so that they hang on his every word and do things unthinkable at his command. An unsettling book with some surprise twists. I recommend this to mature teens on up. It is an unsettling story. Very melancholy showing how even when in close contact, you may never feel close to other people.
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