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In Hippie Chick, a rebellious teenager finds her mother dead in the bathroom. To save her from living alone with a difficult father, her older sister sends her a one-way plane ticket to leave New Jersey. Landing in San Francisco, she is thrust into a lifestyle way beyond what she is ready for, and that challenges all previous notions of how one behaves. It is 1963, and we are brought along as Ilene becomes immersed in the unfolding of the '60s during the earliest days of sexual freedom, psychedelic drugs, the jazz scene, and rock ’n’ roll.

The story fast forwards to 1996 when a suspicious death in the family leaves the fate of two young boys in the hands of Tom’s dysfunctional family. Tom, the quintessential lifetime bachelor, and geeky Don Draper is thrust headfirst back into the mayhem of his family’s hippie lifestyle.

Devastating family drama, abandonment, and drugs are balanced with laugh-out-loud humor that will keep you turning pages. You'll laugh, cry, and be left begging for more. The story begins with an episode that occurred in 1974. When Tom Bross (age 12) experiences a sudden move from Davis to San Anselmo to live with their God Family. Just two months later they move back to Davis with no place to live. His brother and sisters are dropped off at their friend's houses.

In this final episode of this memoir series, Tom, the lifetime bachelor, takes in his two young nephews to keep his sister's children in the family. The enormous challenges of this sudden and abrupt change leads to life-altering changes.

Are you a mother who feels the pull to question everything? To look beyond the norms and see that the systems we’ve been taught to trust—our food, our health, our way of living—aren’t truly serving our families? And more importantly… are you ready to create something better? Choosing a new path takes courage. In a world built on quick fixes and “a pill for every ill,” it’s no small thing to slow down, tune in, and do things differently. But this way of living isn’t just uncommon—it’s essential. Because we’re not meant to do this alone. It takes a community of ...

Redefining Hippie with Debbie Erickson is a heartfelt, faith-filled journey into living authentically, told through real stories of motherhood, marriage, personal growth, and spiritual awakening. Join Debbie as she invites you into the living room of her life—sometimes messy, often hilarious, always honest—where she reclaims the word “hippie” as a life of awareness, truth-seeking, and unapologetic authenticity.