Synopses & Reviews
Finding your place in the world can be the longest trip home . . .
In his debut bestseller, Marley & Me, John Grogan showed how a dog can become an extraordinary presence in the life of one family. Now, in his highly anticipated follow-up, Grogan again works his magic, bringing us the story of what came first.
Before there was Marley, there was a gleefully mischievous boy growing up in a devout Catholic home outside Detroit in the 1960s and '70s. Despite his loving parents' best efforts, John's attempts to meet their expectations failed spectacularly. Whether it was his disastrous first confession, the use of his hobby telescope to take in the bronzed Mrs. Selahowski sunbathing next door, the purloined swigs of sacramental wine, or, as he got older, the fumbled attempts to sneak contraband past his father and score with girls beneath his mother's vigilant radar, John was figuring out that the faith and fervor that came so effortlessly to his parents somehow had eluded him.
And then one day, a strong-willed young woman named Jenny walked into his life. As their love grew, John began the painful, funny, and poignant journey into adulthood — away from his parents' orbit and into a life of his own. It would take a fateful call and the onset of illness to lead him on the final leg of his journey — the trip home again.
The Longest Trip Home is a book for any son or daughter who has sought to forge an identity at odds with their parents', and for every parent who has struggled to understand the values of their children. It is a book about mortality and grace, spirit and faith, and the powerful love of family.
With his trademark blend of humor and pathos that made Marley & Me beloved by millions, John Grogan traces the universal journey each of us must take to find our unique place in the world.
Filled with revelation and laugh-out-loud humor, The Longest Trip Home will capture your heart — but mostly it will make you want to reach out to those you love.
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“As he did in Marley, Grogan makes readers feel they have a seat at the family dinner table. Hes now a nonpracticing Catholic, but here-to wonderful effect-he confesses all.” People
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“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
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“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
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“Genuinely heartending. . .Grogan invests these events with deeply felt humanity and pathos.” Janet Maslin, New York Times
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“Grogans memoir of his journey for identity is akin to Barack Obamas Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance.” Library Journal
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“From the author of Marley and Me (2005), this is an extraordinary memoir of estrangement and reconciliation.” Booklist
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“Wry and witty. . . [a] full-hearted and worthy memoir.” Washington Post
Synopsis
"As he did in
Marley, Grogan makes readers feel they have a seat at the family dinner table....4 stars."
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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.
Synopsis
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.
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 Grogans Longest Trip is much, much more than your typical story of a boys coming-of-age.
About the Author
John Grogan is the author of the #1 international bestseller
Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog, the bestselling middle-grade memoir
Marley: A Dog Like No Other, and three #1 best-selling picture books:
Bad Dog, Marley!,
A Very Marley Christmas, and
Marley Goes to School. John lives with his wife and their three children in the Pennsylvania countryside.
John Grogan ha sido un premiado reportero gráfico y columnista por más de veinticinco años. Vive en Pensilvania con su esposa Jenny y sus tres hijos.