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Highlights
- "As he did in Marley, Grogan makes readers feel they have a seat at the family dinner table....4 stars.
- Author(s): John Grogan
- 352 Pages
- Biography + Autobiography, Personal Memoirs
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About the Book
Using the trademark blend of humor and pathos that made "Marley & Me" beloved by millions, Grogan tells the powerful story of a son in the making--a universal journey of love, faith, and family that explores what it means to break away and find the way home once again.Book Synopsis
"As he did in Marley, Grogan makes readers feel they have a seat at the family dinner table....4 stars."
--People
John Grogan, author of the phenomenal #1 New York Times bestseller, Marley & Me, once again takes readers into his past, his memories, and his heart in The Longest Trip Home--a funny and poignant memoir of faith, family, and identity. A New York Times bestseller in its own right, The Longest Trip Home has earned glowing accolades from the critics ("Genuinely heartrending," --New York Times "Wry and witty," --Washington Post; "Entertaining, funny, and, best of all, always honest at its core," --St. Louis Post-Dispatch). And, just as Marley & Me was more than simply "a dog book," John Grogan's Longest Trip is much, much more than your typical story of a boy's coming-of-age.
From the Back Cover
Meet the Grogans
Before there was Marley, there was a gleefully mischievous boy navigating his way through the seismic social upheaval of the 1960s. On the one side were his loving but comically traditional parents, whose expectations were clear. On the other were his neighborhood pals and all the misdeeds that followed. The more young John tried to straddle these two worlds, the more spectacularly, and hilariously, he failed. Told with Grogan's trademark humor and affection, The Longest Trip Home is the story of one son's journey into adulthood to claim his place in the world. It is a story of faith and reconciliation, breaking away and finding the way home again, and learning in the end that a family's love will triumph over its differences.
Review Quotes
"Genuinely heartending. . .Grogan invests these events with deeply felt humanity and pathos." -- Janet Maslin, New York Times
"Wry and witty. . . [a] full-hearted and worthy memoir." -- Washington Post
"As he did in Marley, Grogan makes readers feel they have a seat at the family dinner table. He's now a nonpracticing Catholic, but here--to wonderful effect--he confesses all." -- People Magazine, 4 stars
"As he did in Marley, Grogan makes readers feel they have a seat at the family dinner table. He's now a nonpracticing Catholic, but here--to wonderful effect--he confesses all." -- Teen People Book Club
"From the author of Marley & Me (2005), this is an extraordinary memoir of estrangement and reconciliation." -- Booklist
"John Grogan is more like Marley than he might want to believe. An affable, unassuming rabble-rouser, the author who penned a bestseller about his goofy dog gets up to some hilarious antics of his own ... The resulting story is full of humor [and] poignant scenes. -- BookPage
"As he did in Marley, Grogan makes readers feel they have a seat at the family dinner table. He's now a nonpracticing Catholic, but here-to wonderful effect-he confesses all." -- People
"Grogan's memoir of his journey for identity is akin to Barack Obama's Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance." -- Library Journal
"With his telltale humor and poignant observations about life and our humanity, John Grogan delivers another emotional wallop here. THE LONGEST TRIP HOME is a must read for anyone who has questioned their faith, sought to understand their identity, and loved their family. In other words, everyone." -- Ann Hood, author of Comfort: A Journey Through Grief and The Knitting Circle