Shinbone Lane by Laura McHale Holland

San Francisco, 1974. Sixteen-year-old runaway Maddy is escaping the blame for a crime she didn't commit. She finds refuge on Shinbone Lane among a spirited group of wanderers, artists, and dreamers. Taken in by elderly Clara and her neighbor Ted, she discovers a place where magic blends with reality — and secrets emerge to heal, haunt, and transform lives.

“Laura McHale Holland's delightful Shinbone Lane captures echoes of San Francisco's Summer of Love, with a few surprising twists. Set in a quirky corner of the city peopled by old friends, new friends and one very lonely – and rather chatty – magical pigeon, Holland's novel reminds us that despite kind intentions, utopias often mask a dark underbelly.” RAYNE WOLFE, AUTHOR OF TOXIC MOM TOOLKIT AND FORMER NEW YORK TIMES REGIONAL STAFF WRITER