Linda Plays Hooky

The Maidenhead Tales is a series of short stories that take place in the turbulent 60s and 70s. In the tales you will meet teenage Linda Upright who is very innocent, but with each ensuing year starting with 1963, we will see Linda evolve from ingénue to a free spirit and we will accompany her on her mystifying journey into womanhood during the “Age of Aquarius”. The big question is: when will Linda find love and give “it” up in the name of love. 

Follow the tales to find out!

In Book 1, Linda Plays Hooky, 1963 was a pivotal year still immersed in all the values and motions of the 1950s, but a new collective consciousness was taking hold. Civil Rights awareness was coming to light and protests against the Vietnam War were starting to become more urgent and strident. President Kennedy was assassinated in November and the following year the Beatles came to the U.S. which kicked off the British Invasion of the American music scene.

Against this wavering backdrop, Linda Upright, a bored 16 year old high school junior, is struggling with typical teenage issues. Female breasts were on her mind almost as much as on the minds of the teenage boys who surrounded her. She recently discovered Paul McCartney and has developed a painful obsession with him - her first love of any kind.

Stuck at home with a mother also suffering from apathy and a father with Neanderthal attitudes toward women and society, Linda makes a decision that is going to make this nuclear family explode!