Catch the Wind

Catch the Wind by Frances Donnelly is a paperback original published by Corgi in 1996, featuring 571 pages in English. This novel explores the tumultuous lives of three young women during the vibrant yet chaotic 1960s. As they navigate a world filled with rock bands, drugs, and the complexities of their intertwined pasts, each character faces unique challenges that reflect the era’s cultural shifts.
Readers will find a narrative that delves into the struggles and transformations of Daisy, Annie, and Alexia as they confront their identities and relationships. Daisy, fresh from California, embodies the new woman of the 60s, while Annie grapples with feelings of inadequacy in a vibrant society. Alexia, caught in a web of personal turmoil, must navigate her own path after a dramatic shift in her life. The story highlights themes of friendship and resilience as the three women unite to overcome their pasts and seek a brighter future.
Official synopsis Publisher
IT WAS THE WILDEST TIME, THE WICKEDEST TIME, THE SADDEST TIME-IT WAS THE 60s… The three lost girls–reflecting the intertwined lives of their mothers before them–found themselves trapped in a zany lifestyle of rock bands, drugs, flower people, and–in Daisy’s case–something more dangerous. Daisy was new into London, fresh from the hippy trail of California. Somehow she found herself labelled with the new woman of the 60s image–freewheeling, aggressive, sexually uninhibited. It was an image that was hard to lose. Annie had found her own niche in London as a dress designer–but somehow she just didn’t fit into the vibrant mood of the 60s. Shy, self-effacing, she was continually left behind when it came to men, and taken advantage of when it came to women. But Alexia was the most bewildered of them all. With a neurotic mother who had dumped her at birth, with a sophisticated French background, and a suave, rich husband much older than herself, she was ripe for trouble. When rock star Kit Carson exploded into her life and she was thrown out by her husband, she could do nothing else but join the erotic, wild, sleazy lifestyle of a top rock band. For a while it was fun, then when she became pregnant she realized she had to take hold of her life if history was not to repeat itself. The three girls, victims of the past, with old hand-ups, and old secrets still shadowing their lives, finally united into a friendship that was to hold fast and carry them into a happier time.
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