Circles of Power: Shifting Dynamics in a Lesbian-Centered Community

Here, lovingly researched and written by Barbara Summerhawk and La Verne Gagehabib, is the story of one of the most vital and dynamic of the alternative communities to take root during America's back-to-the-land movement. This book gives voice to the many women who helped create the Southern Oregon Women's Community. Women had a utopian vision of life outside the patriarchy: self-sufficient communities based on feminist ideals of sharing and cooperation. How did this experiment in alternative living work out? Here is an in-depth and personal view of this exciting and still vital movement; a lively and largely lesbian circle of women experimenting with ways to live and work together.