{"product_id":"the-old-hippies-still-had-fight-left","title":"The Old Hippies Still Had Fight Left","description":"\n\u003cdiv id=\"buzzsprout-player-19664136\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cscript src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2435116\/episodes\/19664136-old-hippy-rebellion-in-la-boca-vista.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-19664136\u0026amp;player=small\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Old Hippies Still Had Fight Left\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGrandma Had Enough — Book 1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBONUS INCLUDED: An original song inspired by the story, plus a narrated story file, both available through simple QR-code access.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe Old Hippies Still Had Fight Left\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBook 1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eGrandma Had Enough\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e series, a collection of illustrated stories about older adults who refuse to surrender their independence, dignity, homes, money, or right to make their own decisions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCecile thought her son Derek and his partner Brittany were coming for a short visit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen the mail started disappearing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eImportant papers were moved. Financial documents were photographed. Questions were asked about the house. Soon there was talk about assisted living.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat was when Cecile realized something was very wrong.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDerek and Brittany were not simply visiting. They were making plans for her life, her money, and her home.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere was only one problem.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCecile still lived there.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd she had friends.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVery determined friends.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnter the Home Guard: a wonderfully unruly group of old hippies who may have traded protest marches for mortgages decades ago, but apparently never lost the ability to organize when it mattered.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoon there are protest signs, porch watches, security cameras, neighborhood surveillance, labeled refrigerator shelves, golf carts, police officers, forged documents, and an entire community making one thing very clear:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCECILE LIVES HERE.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Old Hippies Still Had Fight Left\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a funny, empowering illustrated story about elder financial exploitation, family entitlement, found family, independence, and what happens when an older woman finally decides that enough is enough.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe situations are exaggerated for entertainment, but the warning signs underneath them are very real: control disguised as help, pressure over property and money, isolation, manipulation, forged documents, and the dangerous assumption that a parent’s home is simply an inheritance waiting to happen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt the heart of the story is a difficult question:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHow do you protect yourself when the person threatening your independence is someone you still love?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCecile discovers that loving the child she raised does not require trusting the man he became.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd sometimes the people who become your real family are not the people who share your blood.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey are the people who show up.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis large-print illustrated edition is designed especially for comfortable reading, with big black-and-white illustrations throughout.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA parent’s home is not an early inheritance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd these old hippies are about to make sure everyone in La Boca Vista remembers it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Clover Leaf Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50536306770134,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0650\/6171\/6182\/files\/ChatGPT_Image_Sep_25_2026_01_20_49_AM.png?v=1790313669","url":"https:\/\/cloverleafmedia.us\/products\/the-old-hippies-still-had-fight-left","provider":"Clover Leaf Media","version":"1.0","type":"link"}