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The Longest Way Home: One Man's Quest for the Courage to Settle Down

The Longest Way Home: One Man's Quest for the Courage to Settle Down

by Andrew Mc Carthy (Author)

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    Illustrated 2013

    $22.60
Synopsis

A soulful and searching book. Vibrant and elegant...McCarthy's prose shines with intelligence and intimacy. One feels pulled along...the book gaining momentum and meaning page by page (Cheryl Strayed, The New York Times Book Review).

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 fianc e 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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Format: Illustrated
 Pages: 296
 Edition: Illustrated
 Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 04 Jun 2013
ISBN 10: 1451667507
ISBN 13: 9781451667509

Media Reviews
It's hard to write books that are both adventurous and touching, but Andrew McCarthy manages to pull it off and more! A smart, valuable book. --Gary Shteyngart, bestselling author of Super Sad True Love Story and Absurdistan
As an actual voyage, McCarthy's globe-trotting tale is an evocative, highly entertaining read. But as an introspective and emotional journey, his story is unforgivingly honest, courageous, and hard to put down. --David Farley, author of An Irreverent Curiousity
McCarthy ponders some of the biggest and most frightening questions surrounding intimacy: How does a loner connect? How does a traveler settle down? How do we merge into families without losing ourselves? The answer seems to be that all these things are impossible...and yet somehow we do it anyway. There is much to be learned, and much to be admired, in this elegant, thoughtful story. --Elizabeth Gilbert, bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love

Rarely have I seen the male psyche explored with such honesty and vulnerability. This is the story of a son, a father, a brother, a husband, a man who finds the courage not only to face himself, but to reveal himself, and, in so doing, illuminates something about what it is to be human, fully alive, and awake. --Dani Shapiro, Author of Devotion
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 caf , 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
Combining the best aspects of Paul Theroux's misanthropy in books like Old Patagonian Express and Elizabeth Gilbert's emotions in Eat, Pray, Love, this book is hard to put down. Bound to be popular, this compelling and honest chronicle will not disappoint readers. --Library Journal