The Runaway Bus

He was on a runaway bus of one kind or another for most of his life.
The suburban house, professional father, housewife mother, and two children formed the perfect facade of family life in early 1960s California. But inside the house, the extraordinary Trevor Oliver Taddich III struggled to escape a cocoon of normal and expectations dictated by invisible, twisted familial ropes, cultural catalysts, and societal sway. Walt Disney and Leave it to Beaver it wasn’t.
Enjoy a runaway bus ride through the Cold War era and the hippie flower children years as William Martin chronicles the growth and development of Trevor in his unique blend of poetic whimsy and humor. Find the answers to what contributed to making Trevor so individually Trevor in a time punctuated with conformity. Discover what created the vulnerabilities that would portend the threat to his place in the family.
We fell in love with the flamboyant and vulnerable 19-year-old Trevor in Life in an Ivory Tower. Now, travel back in time on The Runaway Bus, book two in the San Francisco: The Luxury of Eccentricity memoir series today. It’s the runaway bus ride of a lifetime.