the vietnam war

In the sequel to A Theory of Expanded Love, meet Annie Shea, an irrepressible and irresistible seventeen year old from a large Catholic family, (fourteen kids), who lives in Pasadena, CA in 1968. 

Annie has been cast in a singing role for a showcase of songs from Hair. Also in Hair is Lucas, a black dancer from Watts. The director of the production is lecherous Father Sullivan. Annie’s older sister, Madcap, is thrown out of the house for dating a Jew. Their older brother is a reluctant medic in Vietnam. 
It is 1968 and Bobby Kennedy is campaigning to be president on a social reform platform. When Annie sneaks out of the house to volunteer for Bobby Kennedy's campaign and meets up with Lucas, the fuels of young love, idealism, social upheaval, racism, assassination, the Vietnam War, and a young woman's inner reckoning come together in a bonfire of a story.

Caitlin Hicks' debut novel, (Light Messages Publishing 2015) won numerous awards and garnered reviews glowing with enthusiasm.

A Theory of Expanded Love is listed on Book Riot's, 100 Must Read Books About Women & Religion: fiction along with Paradise, Toni Morrison, The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood, The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston,  The Patron Saint of Liars, Ann Patchett,  A Whistling Woman, A.S. Byatt, The Color Purple, Alice Walker, Caitlin's favourite, The Dovekeepers, Alice Hoffman, and others. It's a great reading list.

Kennedy Girl was published in April 2023 by Sunbury Press, who also re-published A Theory of Expanded Love in 2023.

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Well fuck, it's wartime again on Madness Madness. Today we learn about legitimate national hero Chris Noel, who started her work actually supporting the actual troops in a way more useful than car window stickers in Vietnam and never looked back. We also learn about The Hunley!, a Civil War-era submarine that worked about as well as the submarine you picture in your head after hearing the words "Civil War-era submarine." Don't worry, they eventually succeeded in a mission that killed their fourth or fifth crew before sinking for the last time. (It's cool, they were Confederates.) A crucial fact about The Hunley: The 1999 TV movie TNT made about it was exactly the tribute it deserved. [GAAAAAAAASP]

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Today we talk about Vietnam. Do you know how the Vietnam war began? What events really led up to it? You will after this episode. You'll learn about centuries of foreign occupation at the hands of the Chinese and the French, and how colonial oppression led to a willingness to accept communist ideology. Communism may not be fun, but neither is being ruled by the French. We go over battles and the American counterculture's response to the battles. A LOT of info packed into this one. One of America's wars that wasn't technically a war, explored, today on this good morning, Vietnam edition of Timesuck!

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Sexy babes rejoice! In this over the top fabulous episode B & Z talk about the highs & and lows in 1960’s food culture. The Vietnam War, The Kennedy’s and their influence on food culture, Julia Child and of course, KEY PARTIES!!

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Join filmakers Ken Burns & Lynn Novick, Special Guests and a Veteran audience for the release of "The Vietnam War" a new 10 part, documentary series on PBS. Recorded at WCBS in New York City, Sept 14-  you'll hear never before released scenes, emotional moments from the film and a conversation that will move you.