Now is the Hour Author:Tom Spanbauer Rigby John Klusener is hitchhiking to San Francisco. The year is 1967, the town is Pocatello, Idaho. Fresh out of high school, Rigby John is leaving behind a pregnant ex-girlfriend, a depressed mother, a distant father, and the haydust of his harsh small-town Catholic upbringing. As he stands by the side of the road desperately waiting for th... more »at one ride out, he reflects on the events that brought him there: the discovery of love, friendship, literature, and all the small joys that set him free. At once a tale of sexual awakening, racial enlightenment, and personal epiphany, Now Is the Hour is the disarming and sweetly winning story of one unforgettable teenager who dares to hope for a different life. Set in an era of cultural upheaval, woven through with moral dilemmas and universal themes, Now Is the Hour is destined to become a reading group favorite, as did Spanbauers novel The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon.« less