"A fascinating, ingenuous, uplifting account of an old-new way of life."
 - Barnaby Conrad, best-selling author of more than 25 books, including #1 Matador

"A story of love, adventure, hardship, and triumph that has all the ingredients to become a classic of its kind."
 - Gwinnett Daily News, Atlanta, GA

"Through journal entries…a straightforward yet personal account of the diverse components of life in an American spiritually based community."
 - Publishers Weekly

"One welcomes this account as one of the few current books on communes...it includes a list of other “eclectic communities and many illustrations."
 - Library Journal

"Marvelous material about…a new and satisfactory life of a new style."
 - John Leggett, former head of Creative Writing Department at Iowa State University, editor, and author

Best Non-Fiction Award
 - Santa Barbara Writers Conference

"An intriguing journal relaying a family’s search for, and discovery of, a communal living arrangement which met their spiritual, familial, and community needs."
 - Little Professor Book Center News

"Inner assessments are the book’s strength.  Throughout…a certain humility, and wit, and the ability to tell a tale…this book is also an indispensable volume of Santa Barbarania."
 - Santa Barbara News-Press

"A story worth telling."
 - West Coast Review of Books

"An absorbing and effectively written account of a genuine and unusual adventure."
 - San Diego Magazine

"Excellent."
 - The Winder News, Winder, GA