When a Chicago attorney receives a terminal diagnosis, he ignores
his wife's pleas and embarks on a solitary odyssey, visiting people
who have influenced his life, to thank them and to say goodbye. For
30 days and 6,000 miles he drives through the Western U.S., each
night making entries in a journal about the day's events,
chronicling the trip and revealing to us how it morphs from the
purpose he had intended into something else entirely. He encounters
qualities in his friends he had not seen before, and through these
revelations, aspects of his own character are revealed to him. He
discovers goodbyes are rarely surgical and the precise amputation
of his relationships eludes him. No one seems willing to accept his
visit as a final farewell. A FINAL REFLECTION affords glimpses into
the perceptions and intuitions of a middle-aged man laboring under
a death sentence. He has yet to suffer any symptoms of the disease,
so his grip on the reality of its progression remains tenuous. One
friend tells him to accept the time allowed for his trip as a gift
to be used wisely. Another counsels him to kill off his past and
revel in the moment, seizing as many moments as he can eke out of
his aborted future. Throughout each day of the journey, his love
for his wife remains an unassailable constant...he confides in her
nearly every night. At a crucial juncture in the trip, he realizes
he no longer moves away from home, but toward it. Toward his wife.
General
| Imprint: |
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
May 2012 |
| First published: |
May 2012 |
| Authors: |
John M. McNamara
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| Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
260 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4750-7900-5 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
Promotions
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| LSN: |
1-4750-7900-1 |
| Barcode: |
9781475079005 |
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