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In the 70s, Cyra wrote a satirical look at the New Age heyday hereabouts, which first appeared each week in the Pacific Sun. It was eventually published by Knopf in a spiral bound, cardboard-covered, illustrated novel titled The Serial: A Year in the Life of Marin County, and became a national sensation: a graphic novel long before its time.

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Cyra was thrust into the harsh glare of celebrity, and that came with some unpleasant surprises. In a oral history for the Mill Valley Historical Society, Cyra recounted the mixed reception of the novel, and recalled the shock of suddenly becoming a public figure. I thought this would blow over quickly. People threw eggs at our house.

One from a drunken neighbor, telling me what a disgrace I was. I had to unlist my telephone. The mailman dragged sacks of mail up the walk. So it suddenly just jerked our family into the limelight in a way that we all found uncomfortable. It was horrible for a teenage daughter, at that point.