Jun18
The Memory of Running…
Sometimes, you read a book and something “clicks.” You’re caught up in the story and somehow you identify with the hero (or heroine). Probably not for everyone, but I “devoured” this book in a matter of hours. I don’t “save” many books after reading, but this one is a “keeper” for me…
Smithson Ide’s life so far has led him nowhere. He’s forty-three years old, weighs too much, and keeps himself numb with food and alcohol. His only emotional ties are to his parents and to the memory of his older sister, Bethany, who has been missing for twenty years. Then his parents die in a car crash and he learns of Bethany’s death in L.A. County. Suddenly there isn’t enough alcohol in the world to keep Smithy from his feelings.
Drunk and bereft, he takes his old Raleigh bicycle and starts cycling. Once he starts, he finds he can’t stop and then he’s riding across America to recover his sister. Along the way he meets all sorts of people who help or hinder him. He hears the confession of a priest; he rescues a boy from a snow storm; he has a gun pointed in his face; he’s hit by a truck and helps a man dying of AIDS.
Smithy’s ride is an extraordinary quest, to rediscover the past and memories of Bethany, but it’s also his journey back to life and love.
2 Comments »Journal, Pondering Life, Travel
I’ll have to check to see if I can download this on my Kindle. Sounds intriguing, and I appreciate you mentioning it.
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There are few things that are as joyful as finding a book that you truly lose yourself in. I’ll have to check this one out.
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