The Summer of 76

About the Book

Have you ever thought about just breaking away from the confi nes of a hum-drum, boring life? or, maybe you are in an abusive or destructive relationship that you dream of escaping? Well, that’s exactly what Jamie & Lisa did in the summer of 1976! The day after Jamie’s 16th birthday party, high on mushrooms, Jamie and Lisa stole her dad’s car and ran away from home! Too many years of constant fi ghting at home, and a mother who was needlessly harsh & strict, Jamie just wanted OUT at any cost! Her BFF, Lisa was more than happy to oblige! Come join the fun on this incredible journey, complete with romance, fun, partying, soul-seeking & non-stop adventure! Jamie was also in love with the late great singer/songwriter, Dan Fogelberg, and was dead-set on fi nding him in the Rockies, where she was convinced they would ultimately fall in love and live happily-ever-after, and make beautiful music together! Their “spirit-quest” took these two 16 year-old blonde bombshells from the suburbs of Houston, to a 5 month trip all over the western U.S.. From Aspen to Los Angeles, from mansions to sleeping bags in the car: from living it up to not knowing where they would find their next meal: from glamorous cocaine parties with rockstars, to peyote-trips with Indian Shaman in the Sangrede- Cristo Mountains, to a fi eld in Kansas full of marijuana trees that grew like cornfields! For these two little “babes in the woods,” this was One Incredible Summer! Everybody has seen “Thelma & Louise,” and “Cheech & Chong!” so, just imagine the combination of these two movies, and throw in a real- life-first-time-love-affair coupled with the desire to find the deeper meaning of life, and answers to the questions we have about life, and you’ve got one helluva great trip you just wish you’d taken yourself!

About the Author

Jamie Flynn is an artist, writer, chef, and jewelry designer, living in Houston, Texas with her cat, Babyface, and her daughter and 6 year old grand-daughter, Taylor and Jordin. Originally from New Orleans, she's been a Texan most of her life; although several nomadic, extended journeys to places like California and Colorado, even Jackson, Ms. have been life-changing. Jamie is that quintessential "free-spirit" who is impossible to pigeon-hole either professionally or personally, as she's never entirely "settled down" from a life of seeking life's true meaning, and as always, likes to have a lot of fun on the way! A recovering alcoholic and drug-addict, nothing gives Ms. Flynn greater joy than sharing her stories of adventure, discovery, and subsequent recovery with others. Her lifelong dream, besides the publishing of this book, is to have a big farm full of rescue animals, called Valentine's Sanctuary.