Sisters Sadie and April are dragged from town to town by their schizophrenic, yet beautiful mother, Alexa. Since the psychedelic drug era has left the aging flower child’s mental stability irreparably damaged, the two young girls find themselves on a relentless escape from their mother’s paranoid delusions. The free love lifestyle fuels Alexa’s veracious sexual appetite. As she runs away from delusions of death threats and other fantastical scenarios, she runs into the arms of countless men. The children, impoverished and often neglected, develop a powerful bond through their colorful imaginations. As Alexa escapes deeper into her own imagined reality, so do her children. Seamlessly blending dreams and fantasies with harsh realities, “The Roar of the Dandelion” is a deep and jarring exploration of the impact of social values on children, and their capacity to use ingenuity and creativity to thrive in even the most adverse terrain.
Author: Celeste Noel Barwick
Genre: Fiction