"[Has] the gritty realism of a smoke-filled flophouse and the
wide-eyed joy of youth--an unusual combination but one that makes
for a terrific tale."
--Rocky Mountain News
"A moving and thoroughly engrossing testament to the resilience of
the human spirit."
--USA Today
"Both a father-son love story and a unique American road saga."
--Elle magazine
" [Has] the gritty realism of a smoke-filled flophouse and the
wide-eyed joy of youth-- an unusual combination but one that makes
for a terrific tale."
-- Rocky Mountain News
" A moving and thoroughly engrossing testament to the resilience of
the human spirit."
-- USA Today
" Both a father-son love story and a unique American road
saga."
-- Elle magazine
Although this autobiographical narrative is hardly an American version of Angela's Ashes, there are several parallels. The book recounts Keith's 11th year, in 1959, when his mother allowed him to live with his father because she could not care for her son and his two younger sisters. In the dubious charge of this man-a feckless alcoholic and drifter, dependent on the charity of others and the Catholic Church-Keith was always filthy, often hungry, and seldom in school. The quest for a better life in California took the hapless pair from Albany, NY, to Los Angeles and back again, with stops in Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Denver, Las Vegas, and Fort Worth. It was a life-changing odyssey for both, managed via Greyhound and hitchhiking, peppered with unusual characters (including bums and bedbugs), and brightened by the kindness of strangers-all in search of "the next better place." Keith, now a broadcast media expert and the author of numerous books, skillfully and humorously re-creates his experience and his vision of a world that is rarely threatening and always full of promise and adventure. Recommended for all public libraries.-Janet Ross, formerly with Sparks Branch Lib., NV Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
"[Has] the gritty realism of a smoke-filled flophouse and the
wide-eyed joy of youth--an unusual combination but one that makes
for a terrific tale."
--Rocky Mountain News
"A moving and thoroughly engrossing testament to the resilience of
the human spirit."
--USA Today
"Both a father-son love story and a unique American road saga."
--Elle magazine
" [Has] the gritty realism of a smoke-filled flophouse and the
wide-eyed joy of youth-- an unusual combination but one that makes
for a terrific tale."
-- Rocky Mountain News
" A moving and thoroughly engrossing testament to the resilience of
the human spirit."
-- USA Today
" Both a father-son love story and a unique American road
saga."
-- Elle magazine
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