This book was interesting enough to keep me reading to the end, but it just stopped cold. I am not sure if this was an intentional ending or not, but it was annoying, the story seemed to be leading up to something that did not appear. It started with a son reading his mother's memoir, but never returned to the son, and his reaction to her story. ( )

Flower, also known as Lucinda or Cynda, is a girl caught up in the various movements that took place during the 60's. While she is out trying to discover the world, she also discovers things about herself as well as others around her. She went from an innocent flower child to a woman in the midst of growing maturity. I just wish that I knew what happened to Toto! ( )

When asked the question "What decade would you go back to?" I always say the 60's, particular the height of the Hippie movement. I can so see myself embracing that time.

When given the chance to read Look at Flower I jumped at the opportunity. I really enjoyed this very fast read. I was engrossed at the descriptions of the time and the emotions and characteristic this generation inhabited. It was a great book. ( )

I really enjoyed reading "Look at Flower". Maybe it was because I was brought up during this time and always wished I had the nerve to take off like Flower did. Flower, of course , is her 'hippie' name. The novel follows her as she tries to find a place where she feels she belongs starting of course in San Franscisco. She has some interesting adventures along the way. A good book for a lazy day when you want to read something kind of fun and easy-going. ( )

"Look at Flower" by Robert Dunn (Book Review for Library Thing) *sort-of spoiler alert*
A young girl run away from the family farm in rural Oregon, Lynda reinvents herself in San Fransisco during the Summer of Love. She becomes Flower, a free spirit living on the streets of the Haight, panhandling to get food and sleeping in the park. Flower reminds me of myself, in a way; she believes in all of the ideals of the hippie revolution: peace, freedom, love, individuality...but she eschews the drugs and promiscuity. Flower did not run away to get high or get laid; she ran to escape the narrow worldview of her hometown, the silent strife in her parent's home, the feeling of being trapped. The Summer of Love gave Flower the chance to really get to know herself, to find herself in a context of her choosing. Then Flower chances to meet someone who challenges her carefree lifestyle. Their companionship provides mutual comfort for a while, but Flower is soon on her way again.

She embraces freedom and drifts across the country, bus-riding, train-hopping, hitchhiking... Her journey takes her as far as a commune in New Mexico, where the radical views of the leader cause Flower to question her lifestyle yet again. When she makes it back to Haight-Ashbury, everything has changed. Tour buses crowd the streets, "square" people taking snapshots through the bus windows. Throngs of girls with flat-ironed hair and flowers painted on their cheeks bring pedestrian traffic to a standstill. Flower realizes that the ideals that brought her to San Fransisco have died in a wave of conformity. ( )