Nine Shiny Objects by Brian Castleberry

In 1947 an alien spaceship sighting is the foundation for a cult calling themselves the Seekers. They have a vision of a community free of hatred, racial borders, religion and narrow minded thinking believing that this was what the visitors were trying to teach. When the group moves across country to New York there are disastrous results and we are left to see how the next generation handles their parent's mistakes. Quietly speaking about racism, fear, sexual awakening and political conspiracies, this novel gives us a weird glimpse of America from the Korean War to Nixon's Watergate.