1967: Peace and Love, Flower-Power, Feelin' Groovy Mary Anne Wade is stuck in Middletown, Minnesota where the only thing that ever changes is the seasons. She Kong's to be in San Francisco, where it's happening. Protesting war, fostering good-will. No rules, only freedom. When she learns of the human Be-In at Golden Gate Park, she decides to run away. She is quickly welcomed by hippies to share their pad...but the Haight-Ashbury scene isn't what she'd dreamed it would be. Her savings are quickly borrowed by roommates who want to stay high.flower children who proclaim "Turn on, tune in, drop out". She soon finds herself wandering the streets and missing home... a home she should not have left and a boy she should have given a chance.