Clover Blue, Eldonna Edwards
Clover Blue, Eldonna Edwards
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Clover Blue

Author: Eldonna Edwards

Narrator: Ramon De Ocampo

Unabridged: 10 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/28/2019


Synopsis

There are many things twelve-year-old Clover Blue isn't sure of: his exact date of birth, his name before he was adopted into the Saffron Freedom Community, or who his first parents were. What he does know with certainty is that among this close-knit, nature-loving group, he is happy. Here, everyone is family, regardless of their disparate backgrounds—surfer, midwife, Grateful Dead groupie, Vietnam deserter. But despite his loyalty to the commune and its guru-like founder Goji, Blue grapples with invisible ties toward another family—the one he doesn't remember.

With the urging of his fearless and funny best friend, Harmony, Clover Blue begins to ask questions. For the first time, Goji's answers fail to satisfy. The passing months bring upheaval to their little clan and another member arrives, a beautiful runaway teen named Rain, sparking new tensions. As secrets slowly unfurl, Blue's beliefs—about Goji, the guidelines that govern their seemingly idyllic lives, and the nature of family itself—begin to shift. With each revelation about a heartbreaking past he never imagined, Blue faces a choice between those he's always trusted, and an uncertain future where he must risk everything in his quest for the truth.

About Eldonna Edwards

A veteran massage therapist and former journaling instructor, Eldonna Edwards cut her teeth on the back of Southern Baptist pews in her provincial Midwest hometown. Her memoir Lost In Transplantation chronicles a life-changing decision to donate a kidney to an ailing stranger. She's also the subject of the award-winning documentary Perfect Strangers that follows one kidney patient and one potential kidney donor in their search for a possible match. This I Know is her debut novel. Eldonna-who also goes by Ellie-currently lives on the central California coast with her long-time partner Brer and beloved 4-legged companion Bella.


Reviews

Utopia! Paradise! Clothing Optional! Saffron Freedom Community is one of the "hippie communes" that were so popular during the 60's and 70s. Clover Blue is a boy with a mission: he yearns to be told which of the women in his communal family is his birth mother. He also has vague memories - flashes of......more

Oh, Eldonna Edwards, you’ve done it again. Your characters captured my heart in This I Know and again in Clover Blue. Set at a commune known as The Saffron Freedom Community, young Clover Blue is desperate to know about his birth parents, the ones who left him at SFC, and head of the commune (or cul......more

Goodreads review by Karren

Clover Blue lives at the Saffron Freedom Community, in Northern California, Blue’s twelve and he’s not sure of his real birthday and why he was adopted into the commune. Everyone is part of one big family, the leader of the group is Goji, he’s the guru and founder and created the rules. They grow al......more

Goodreads review by Susan

I cried hard at the end of this book. The beauty of this story took my breath away. Clover Blue is such an extraordinary character; he is loving, intense, devoted; he overcomes his own doubt and trepidation with bravery and goodness. This is the kind of story that seeps into your bones...my emotions......more