Length5h
About this audiobook
It’s the summer of 1975, and Ray Hayward is a fifty-five-year-old grocery store manager and a disillusioned conservative living in Simi Valley, California. After a bout of pneumonia, Ray is filled with a deep anxiety about his mortality, causing him to struggle with insomnia.
Consequently, life becomes a treadmill of work, home, a night of drinking beer, aimlessly watching TV, then a half night of sleep, only to wake at 3:00 AM and toss and turn with death-filled anxiety until sunrise.
Ray is a man in need of change, but he doesn’t know what to change, or even where to begin.
At the suggestion of his friend Harold, Ray tries marijuana for the first time, which helps him sleep – while opening him up to a new world of rock ‘n’ roll music, and sparking a new dream.
Audiobook details
GenreHistorical Fiction
Length5 hrs
Narrated byRecorded Track
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateSep 21, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Chapter 1 - Meanwhile, in 1975…
3Chapter 2 - The Wizard Pipe
4Chapter 3 - Climbing the Safeway Ladder
5Chapter 4 - Living In The Future
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6Chapter 5 - Orange County
7Chapter 6 - I Know Everybody
8Chapter 7 - Wingman
9Chapter 8 - Heidi’s
10Chapter 9 - Quittin’ Time
11Chapter 10 - Skunk Buds
12Chapter 11 - An Old Dog With New Tricks
13Chapter 12 - Fourth of July
14Chapter 13 - Magic Mushrooms
15Chapter 14 - Stoned World
16Chapter 15 - Open House
17Chapter 16 - For Sale
18Chapter 17 - The Dry Period
19Chapter 18 - The Pool Party
20Chapter 19 - Garage Sale
21Chapter 20 - Moving Time
22Chapter 21 - The Intervention
23Chapter 22 - The Wards
24Chapter 23 - A Different Kind Of Trip
25Chapter 24 - Jim’s Smile
26Acknowledgement
27About The Author
28Other Novels By Jon Christopher
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