Book : Walking To Listen 4,000 Miles Across America, One...

-Titulo Original : Walking To Listen 4,000 Miles Across America, One Story At A Time

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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Review -Soulful . . . [Forsthoefels] openness provides a window into the extraordinary lessons to be learned from ordinary people. This is a memorable and heartfelt exploration of what it takes to hike 4,000 miles across the country and how one young man learned to walk without fear into his future.- - Booklist-A remarkable book that calls to mind William Least--Heat Moons Blue Highways.- - Starred Review, Library Journal-In this moving and deeply introspective memoir, Forsthoefel writes about the uncertainties, melodramas, ambiguities, and loneliness of youth . . . Forsthoefels walk becomes a meditation on vulnerability, trust, and the tragedy of suburban and rural alienation . . . [his] conversation with America is fascinating, terrifying, mundane, and at times heartbreaking, but ultimately transformative and wise.- - Publishers Weekly-Forsthoefel offers moments of genuine kinship and transcendence . . . An intriguing portrait of America.- - Kirkus Reviews-Whoever you are, wherever youre from, you need to read this book. You need to read it for its searing honesty, its hopefulness, and its grace. You need to read it because its story is your story, too. Andrew Forsthoefel walked across a continent to listen to strangers and learn from them. There is great wisdom in his footfalls, and you are holding it in your hands.- - Sue Halpern, author of A DOG WALKS INTO A NURSING HOME-In a world of congestion and noise Andrew Forsthoefel has written a book that opens up an ocean of sublime reflective space. As refreshing as it is timeless and endearing, Forsthoefel deftly shifts between his inner being and the peoples lives that flow through him, mile by mile. His enduring determination to understand others is infectious, and like the many walks of life who embrace him into their homes and hearts, we cannot help but be disarmed of any lingering cynicism or distrust. Ultimately Forsthoefel inspires us to be more curious in life and less offended - a virtuous philosophy in what appears to be an age of increasing polarity in American society.- - Tim Cope, award winning author of ON THE TRAIL OF GENGHIS KHAN-If you look at Andrew Forsthoefels journey on a map, its a tiny thread, an infinitesimal crack, yet its enough to break loose Americas stories: The open hearts and closed minds, the love and the fear, the beauty and danger, the wisdom.- - Jay Allison, Producer of The Moth Radio Hour-With a name like Forsthoefel, it had better be good. . . And it is, combining the best humanistic aspects of Walt Whitman, Barry Lopez, John Steinbeck, William Least Heat-Moon, and Marco Polo.- - Albert Podell, author of AROUND THE WORLD IN 50 YEARSSoulful . . . [Forsthoefels] openness provides a window into the extraordinary lessons to be learned from ordinary people. This is a memorable and heartfelt exploration of what it takes to hike 4,000 miles across the country and how one young man learned to walk without fear into his future. - BooklistA remarkable book that calls to mind William Least--Heat Moons Blue Highways. - Starred Review, Library JournalIn this moving and deeply introspective memoir, Forsthoefel writes about the uncertainties, melodramas, ambiguities, and loneliness of youth . . . Forsthoefels walk becomes a meditation on vulnerability, trust, and the tragedy of suburban and rural alienation . . . [his] conversation with America is fascinating, terrifying, mundane, and at times heartbreaking, but ultimately transformative and wise. - Publishers WeeklyForsthoefel offers moments of genuine kinship and transcendence . . . An intriguing portrait of America. - Kirkus ReviewsWhoever you are, wherever youre from, you need to read this book. You need to read it for its searing honesty, its hopefulness, and its grace. You need to read it because its story is your story, too. Andrew Forsthoefel walked across a continent to listen to strangers and learn from them. There is great wisdom in his footfalls, and you are holding