Coconut Grove Chronicles

Embark on a journey through Florida, where eccentricity reigns supreme, and fiction meets reality in the polar opposite worlds of tradition and alternative cultures. Narrated through the senses, boy Marvin searches beyond self-doubt, as he hears his mother, Eleanor, make dubious claims to clients of her booming astrology practice, which she offers to the 1970s Coconut Grove's burgeoning diverse community.

Each story chronicles the wild, uncontrollable, times-are-a-changin' beat of South Flor...