Go-Go Sixties

The Go-Go Sixties is named as one half of a historical comparison in David Stone’s planned book, the only specific role the decade has in the supplied account. Its mention connects David’s sabbatical-year writing project with the family’s arrangements as Abra begins eighth grade.

Role in David Stone’s Book Project

During his sabbatical year, David is writing a book comparing the Go-Go Sixties with the Roaring Twenties. The reference identifies the decade as a subject of his work but provides no details about the book’s argument, its account of the period, or David’s conclusions.

Place in the Family’s Circumstances

The project coincides with a change in Abra’s school-year routine. Scheduled to start eighth grade at Anniston Middle School on September ninth, she spends weekdays with David and weekends in Boston with Lucy Stone. The decade therefore enters the narrative not through a described historical episode, but as part of David’s work during the year in which Abra moves between her parents’ homes.