Download or read book My Long Trip Home written by Mark Whitaker and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-10-18 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a dramatic, moving work of historical reporting and personal discovery, Mark Whitaker, award-winning journalist, sets out to trace the story of what happened to his parents, a fascinating but star-crossed interracial couple, and arrives at a new understanding of the family dramas that shaped their lives—and his own. His father, “Syl” Whitaker, was the charismatic grandson of slaves who grew up the child of black undertakers from Pittsburgh and went on to become a groundbreaking scholar of Africa. His mother, Jeanne Theis, was a shy World War II refugee from France whose father, a Huguenot pastor, helped hide thousands of Jews from the Nazis and Vichy police. They met in the mid-1950s, when he was a college student and she was his professor, and they carried on a secret romance for more than a year before marrying and having two boys. Eventually they split in a bitter divorce that was followed by decades of unhappiness as his mother coped with self-recrimination and depression while trying to raise her sons by herself, and his father spiraled into an alcoholic descent that destroyed his once meteoric career. Based on extensive interviews and documentary research as well as his own personal recollections and insights, My Long Trip Home is a reporter’s search for the factual and emotional truth about a complicated and compelling family, a successful adult’s exploration of how he rose from a turbulent childhood to a groundbreaking career, and, ultimately, a son’s haunting meditation on the nature of love, loss, identity, and forgiveness.
Download or read book Long Trip Home written by Robert Temple Frost and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Akoni and Micah are two brothers who live in Lahaina, on the Hawaiian island of Maui. Akoni is the older and has a standup paddleboard that Micah likes to ride on while his brother paddles. After teaching Micah to paddle, Akoni has an idea to modify an ocean-going kayak into a standup paddle kayak so the two brothers can paddle across the seven-mile wide channel that separates Maui from Molokai, where their grandmother lives. With their kayak modified and their parents' permission granted, the boys embark on their journey. Helped along their way by gentle trade winds, the brothers encounter playful dolphins and have a too-close encounter with an enormous passenger liner. However they arrive on Molokai safely and are warmly welcomed by their grandmother. Visiting their grandmother on Molokai, the boys learn things about their family and their Hawaiian heritage they'd never known before. Inspired by their newfound understanding of their familial and cultural heritage, they strike out across the channel for home. But this time the going is treacherous. Strong winds and currents force them out into open sea. The boys' pleasant journey becomes a struggle for survival as Micah and Akoni unexpectedly find themselves on a Long Trip Home. Although a "mainlander" author Robert Temple Frost loves Hawaii and Maui in particular. Now retired after 37 years as a research lab administrator, Robert is the author of two previous self-published works, The Knowers - First Move and The Knowers - Second Move. His first novel, Okinawan Adventure, was published by Charles E. Tuttle back in 1958. Photo of Ryan Feinan on Front cover taken by author. Publisher's website: http: //sbpra.com/RobertTempleFrost
Download or read book The Longest Trip Home written by John Grogan and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Told with the same blend of humour and poignancy that made Marley & Me beloved by millions around the world, this is John Grogan's story of a boy and his family and of life long before that dog. Finding your place in the world can be the longest trip home... In his international bestseller Marley & Me, John Grogan perfectly described the love of a family for their wondrously neurotic dog. He made us laugh and cry, and showed how love can come in many forms. Now, in The Longest Trip Home, John writes with the same honesty, openness and humour about the relationship between a boy and his parents. As a 'bad' boy in a good family, John didn't always live up to his parents' expectations, but as a man he came to understand the unconditional love they gave him. In this book, John describes his painful, funny and poignant journey into adulthood. A fateful call from his father would lead him on the next leg of his journey - the trip back home. As warm and moving as Marley & Me, The Longest Trip Home is a lyrical tribute to the power of family and love. PRAISE for The Longest Trip Home: 'Grogan follows up Marley & Me with a hilarious and touching memoir of his childhood in suburban Detroit.' Publishers Weekly (starred) 'If you enjoyed Marley & Me, you'll be equally amused and moved by this story' The Weekend Australian 'The strength of this book is the poignancy of the father-son relationship.' Sun-Herald 'moving and written with humour' The Age 'sentences that are lyrical and observations that are wry and witty' The Washington Post 'It's easy to think of John Grogan as your new best friend after reading this memoir.' Herald Sun
Download or read book The Long Trip Home and Other Short Stories written by Charles F. Flowers and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Long Trip Home written by Travis Weston and published by . This book was released on 2011-01-14 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Long Trip Home analyses the many facets of human emotion. From "Loss", which is an analysis of the loss of a wife, to "Mind of Madness" which is an inner analysis of loss of oneself, ride the waves of emotion with each of the characters.
Download or read book A Long Trip Home and Other Stories written by Scott H. Hoshida and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Long Journey Home written by Corina and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Don t Make Me Pull Over written by Richard Ratay and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-07-03 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A lighthearted, entertaining trip down Memory Lane” (Kirkus Reviews), Don’t Make Me Pull Over! offers a nostalgic look at the golden age of family road trips—before portable DVD players, smartphones, and Google Maps. The birth of America’s first interstate highways in the 1950s hit the gas pedal on the road trip phenomenon and families were soon streaming—sans seatbelts!—to a range of sometimes stirring, sometimes wacky locations. In the days before cheap air travel, families didn’t so much take vacations as survive them. Between home and destination lay thousands of miles and dozens of annoyances, and with his family Richard Ratay experienced all of them—from being crowded into the backseat with noogie-happy older brothers, to picking out a souvenir only to find that a better one might have been had at the next attraction, to dealing with a dad who didn’t believe in bathroom breaks. Now, decades later, Ratay offers “an amiable guide…fun and informative” (New York Newsday) that “goes down like a cold lemonade on a hot summer’s day” (TheWall Street Journal). In hundreds of amusing ways, he reminds us of what once made the Great American Family Road Trip so great, including twenty-foot “land yachts,” oasis-like Holiday Inn “Holidomes,” “Smokey”-spotting Fuzzbusters, twenty-eight glorious flavors of Howard Johnson’s ice cream, and the thrill of finding a “good buddy” on the CB radio. An “informative, often hilarious family narrative [that] perfectly captures the love-hate relationship many have with road trips” (Publishers Weekly), Don’t Make Me Pull Over! reveals how the family road trip came to be, how its evolution mirrored the country’s, and why those magical journeys that once brought families together—for better and worse—have largely disappeared.
Download or read book Retro Road Trip written by Jeanne Looper Smith and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-12-03 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buckle up baby, 'cause you're about to take a road trip to mid-century, small town America. Whether you grew up there or wish you had, you'll feel the wind on your face as you cruise through the excitement of that time and place. Ride along with author Jeanne Looper Smith and revisit growing up in the 1950s and early '60s through the vehicle of her Joplin Globe newspaper columns. She colorfully recreates the era--the look and the feel. It's not all malt shops and memories but a realistic peek at the culture--often funny, poignant, and sobering. This isn't just a view through the rear-view mirror, so plan on a pit stop or two at the corner of "Now." Put your thumb up and hitchhike along, it promises to be one "cool" ride.
Download or read book The long Journey Home written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Long Trip Home written by Dutch Jones and published by Tate Publishing & Enterprises. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Till Heaven Then Forever is a story about an older man and a younger woman. Deeply entrenched in the world, surrounded by wealth, they 'had it all.' Or did they? Their desire was to remain together until death, but that was becoming increasingly harder in their world. They found the way, the only way, for a couple to remain together here on earth and then forever. This is a compelling story that will draw the reader into island life in the Bahamas. Yet, even living in paradise cannot prevent the pain that every couple encounters-pain so strong that it often tears apart even the most loving. Lily and Brian find the key to Till Heaven Then Forever.
Download or read book Coming Home written by Vada M. Wolter and published by . This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travel with Johnny on his emotional journey to learn how a little boy lost walked the long road to success. Receiving a letter from Becky, his true love, that she was dating his best friend began his journey. An aged envelope then leads Johnny to Chicago where he discovered his life had been nothing but a lie. It left him hurt and confused. He decided to write his life story to make sense of it. His employer convinced him to turn it into a book. After four long and very emotional years, his life's story is completed-and published. He realized in writing his story that he found peace and closure to many of his questions. He returned-once again-to hometown in the Lone Star State, a place he'll forever call home. The moment had arrived for him to return home where everything began-including his love for Becky. About the Authors: Vada M. Wolter and Joseph A. Zapalac write heartwarming books that can be a beneficial source for entertainment, escape, and inspiration. They enjoy writing and speaking to groups about country living and yesteryear. They have similar likes and dislikes, the same hopes and dreams, and work well as a team.
Download or read book The Traveler s Long Trip Home written by Randall Miles and published by . This book was released on 2023-01-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's Tom Clancy meets Louis L'Amour in this instant classic, featuring an array of perspectives from the law-abiding to the power-hungry. An intricately spun tale of love, loss, mystery, and romance seamlessly intertwines with drug lords, real estate scams, and vengeance. A twenty-first century account of the west with a satisfying pace, vivid characters, and a wide open landscape in a story that will stay in your mind long after you've finished.
Download or read book Home Port written by Maryann Jordan and published by . This book was released on 2022-08-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: his is the second installment of the 2022 season of the long road home series. No matter what the road we travel, it seems our hearts are always searching for home. Join the binge read babes on another trip home. Coming August 2022!
Download or read book Road Trip written by Paul Macpherson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-04-16 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jay Bryant has kept a secret for years. Hiding it didn't help. Ignoring it didn't make it go away. Moving 3,000 miles away from home didn't escape it. It cost him friends, family and his wife. In a ironic twist of fate, he's headed to the place that started it. With his faithful companion at his side, he hits the road for the long drive.
Download or read book Road Trip Home written by Steven E. Ellis and published by First Edition Design Pub.. This book was released on 2017 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Road Home written by Richard Paul Evans and published by Thorndike Press Large Print. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After finding out that his ex-wife, who he hoped to reconcile with, is engaged, Charles James continues his pilgrimage down Route 66 to Santa Monica, California.
