The Forgotten Road - Thorndike Press Large Print Edition (Broken Road Series) | Inspirational Fiction Novel for Book Clubs & Relaxing Reading

Once again, it is the people Charles meets along the Route that makes this the inspiring novel that it is. Epiphany pulling pigweed, sweat equity. Walking the first part of the Route 66 is like a forced Pilgrimage, a punishment because of perceived wrongs in a life of extremes. The awakening begins when he is stripped of everything of value (with the exception of a ring around his neck.) The journey of gratitude begins, on the road to peace and the serenity that has been missing from his life, from the time of his abusive childhood to his abuse of those who trusted him. The first part of this novel is like a travelogue, it is as if you are walking along with Charles. A highlight for me was when he checked into the Hyatt Regency in St. Louis and ate at Ruth's Chris Steak House. I have been there and done that. I could picture Charles there, I was with him on that part of the journey. Sometimes the story is on the boring side as the journey itself must have been. It is the people along the way that brings this story to life. Just like Alan's walk to Key West. It was the people he met on the walk that made the story. The people become real and the metamorphosis is complete by the time the destination is reached. Key West or Santa Monica, the ending is the journey to self. I, for one, know how I want the story to end on the "road home" and Spring 2019 cannot come soon enough. At least in this series there are only three novels and not five as in "The Walk". Thank you Richard for once again bringing a tear to my eye and a recognition of what makes life so blessed.