The Longest Way Home: One Man's Quest for the Courage to Settle Down (US Edition)
Author(s): Andrew McCarthy
WITH ABSORBING HONESTY AND AN IRREPRESSIBLE TASTE for adventure, award-winning travel writer and actor Andrew McCarthy takes us on a deeply personal journey played out amid some of the world's most evocative locales. Unable to commit to his fiancee of nearly four years--and with no clear understanding of what's holding him back-- McCarthy finds himself at a crossroads, plagued by doubts that have clung to him for a lifetime. Though he ventures from the treacherous slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro to an Amazonian riverboat and the dense Costa Rican rain forests, McCarthy's real journey is one of the spirit. Disarmingly likable, McCarthy isn't afraid to bare his soul on the page, and what emerges is an intimate memoir of self-discovery and an unforgettable love song to the woman who would be his wife.
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"Where lesser writers might reach for hyperbole and Roget to describe such exotic lands as Patagonia, Kilimanjaro and Baltimore, in "The Longest Way Home," McCarthy leans on subtlety, a straightforward style and hard-won insights to allow his larger stories to unfold. It's not hard to imagine him as the solitary figure in the cafe, scribbling in a notebook by candlelight, making the lonely, tedious work of travel writing look romantic and easy."--Chuck Thompson, author of "Better Off Without 'Em" and "Smile When You're Lying"
General Fields
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- : Free Press
- : Free Press
- : 0.272
- : 30 April 2013
- : 211mm X 137mm X 20mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : , colour plates
- : 271
- : 920.073
- : English
- : Aug-13
- : Paperback / softback
- : Andrew McCarthy