{"product_id":"the-eden-express-1","title":"The Eden Express","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Mark Vonnegut\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bantam 2755\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1976 Print: 2 Cover Price: $1.95\u003cbr\u003eCondition: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vintagebookseller.myshopify.com\/pages\/paperback-book-grading\" title=\"Book Grades\"\u003eBook Grades. \u003c\/a\u003e Good Plus. Moderate wear\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Non Fiction\/Biography\u003cbr\u003ePages: 273\u003cbr\u003e80126053E\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eThe book shares Mark Vonnegut's personal journey through hippie counterculture and severe mental illness during the late 1960s and early 1970s\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"KsbFXc U6u95\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"Z1qcYe\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003eThe Search for Eden\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e: Mark graduates from college and decides to leave normal society behind\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. He packs up his VW bug and moves to a commune farm in British Columbia, Canada\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. He seeks a simple, self-sufficient life with his girlfriend and friends\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"Z1qcYe\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003eThe Descent into Illness\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e: While living on the farm, Mark's mental health begins to slip\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. He suffers severe nervous breakdowns\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. He experiences heavy delusions, suicidal thoughts, and hallucinations\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"Z1qcYe\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003eHospitalization\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e: In 1971, his friends seek help from his father\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Mark is committed to a psychiatric hospital\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. 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