The Journey Home Michael Baron Books
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Joseph, a man in his late thirties, awakens disoriented and uneasy in a place he doesn't recognize. Several people are near him when he opens his eyes, all strangers. All of them seem perfectly friendly, but none of them can explain to him how he got there. They offer him a delicious meal and pleasant conversation in a beautifully decorated room. This would be a very nice experience if not for one thing; Joseph doesn't know where he is and he has no way to contact his wife, who he is sure is worried sick over him. Thanking the people for their hospitality, he leaves to make his way back home. The only problem is that whatever happened to him has stripped him of most of his memories. He knows he needs to get back to his wife, but he doesn't know how to find her. He sets out on a journey to find his home with no sense of where he's going and only the precious, indelible vision of the woman he loves to guide him. Antoinette is an elderly woman in an assisted living facility. She's spent the last six years there since her husband died, and most of those years have been happy. She enjoys the company of others in her situation and her son comes to visit often. But in recent months, she's had a tougher and tougher time leaving her room. Her friends seem different to her and the world seems increasingly confusing. She spends an escalating amount of time on a journey inside her head. There, her body and mind haven't betrayed her. There, she's a young newlywed with a husband who dotes on her and an entire life of dreams to live. There, she is truly home. Warren, Antoinette's son, is a man in his early forties going through the toughest year of his life. His marriage ended, he lost his job, and in the past few months, his mother has gone from hale to increasingly hazy. Having trouble finding work, he spends more and more time by his mother's bedside. But her lack of lucidity both frustrates and frightens him. With far too much time on his hands, he decides to try to recreate his memories of home by attempting to cook his mother's greatest dishes using the rudimentary appliances available in her room. He finds the challenge surprisingly rewarding, especially because the only time he feels his mother is truly with him anymore is when she is eating the meals he prepares for her. Joseph, Antoinette, and Warren are three people on different searches for home. How they find it, and how they connect with one another at this critical stage in each of their lives, is the foundation for a profound and deeply moving story.
The Journey Home Michael Baron Books
The Journey Home came into my life at exactly the right time! I stepped into the book the way I do my own front door - my heart was at home with the characters and the story. An avid reader, I've often longed for male characters that resemble the men in my life - good, flawed, honest, strong, tender, kind, growing, and loving. Lou Aronica has accomplished this in his The Hearts of Men series. I cared for and respected Warren, Don, Joseph, and Will. And Antoinette . . . I have often pondered the intricacies of my own beloved mom's mind as dementia took her somewhere I couldn't go with her. In The Journey Home, Lou Aronica offers readers satisfying possibilities that entertain (that's part of the reason we read fiction - right?) and encourage.Product details
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The Journey Home Michael Baron Books Reviews
It was puzzling at first when I started to read it. Then, I realized there were two story lines running parallel to each other, but I still couldn't figure out how they related to each other. The revelation was towards the end, it was very poignant and touching.
Using Alzheimer's disease as part of the story, the author taught us how to understand and empathize with the patient and caregiver. I will not give away the surprise ending to this book. You have to read it yourself!!
This book transitions back and forth between the main cast of characters on their personal journeys. Unless you simply don't enjoy this type of book, I believe you will come to care about each one as you walk through their stories with them.
Joseph has lost his memory, and embarks on a mission to find his way home to his wife. Accompanying him is Will, a young man searching for his place in life.
Warren is working his way through a divorce and unemployment, all the while desperately trying to show his love to his mother Antoinette. She is an elderly woman, losing her grip on life and reality a day at a time as she struggles with Alzheimers.
The ending came as quite a surprise. Sure, I sensed some things weren't quite the way they appeared (don't want to give anything away here), but I still didn't anticipate the conclusion. I very much enjoyed this book.
I love this book so much. I bought it a while ago and when going through my list of books on my kindle I came across it and realized I had never thanked the author for this beautiful rendition of the aging process we all must face. His characters are so real and I have to use this much overused word because it is what comes to mind when I remember the people of this book. SWEET is the word that comes to my mind. There is a sweetness in the characters and the story itself. The author makes you want to bring these people into your life. You want that enrichment they will give to your existance. The only way to do that is to read this wonderful book. As the author of A Season of Innocence, I was greatly influenced by the depiction of his characters, their warmth, and their kindness. The author also makes you smile and sometimes laugh. All the ingredients that makes a book a beautiful experience lies within the pages of this book. Thank you Michael Baron for this wonderful story. Readers of good books, you must read The Journey Home.
Barbara Buxton author of A Season of Innocence
The Journey Home by Michael Baron
This book follows a few different groups of people.
Joseph wakes up and has lost his memory and knows he must find home where his wife will be worried about him.
Antoniette is in a nursing home and waits for Jeffrey to come visit. Her days are filled with remembering her husband and when they were first married.
Warren her son, divorced, no job comes to visit daily and she offers tea to him but he discovers she has no tea bags and there's none in the trash, after she's said she just had a cup. We have been at this place with my mother in law and
its heartbreaking to see and be a part of. She is trying to keep in her 'home' and not be with the other residents of the adult assisted living facility. Warren needs to find a new 'home' also. That's the common thread they all share in this book.
Warren has a solution to her outbreaks in public restaurants and her memory loss...
Will, a teenage boy takes Joseph for a ride to bring him back home-after hours he has no idea where it is...
Love all the talk of cooking and the different combinations of food and substitutions.
Excerpts and author's thoughts on his other writings are included at the end of the book.
I received this book from Libboo.com via The Story Plant in exchange for my honest opinion
Reading through the chapters, I was imagining how thoughtful Michael Baron must be with the people he loves and those close to him. Goodness, really! Men, don't take any offense, but it's just not in your natural makeup...it's so difficult to imagine a man to really be able to get what a woman wants! Michael Baron does - his writing style is appealing to women, he writes love stories that touches us to the core and makes us warm all over, cry even.
Being an avid reader, I could somehow guess where a story might be leading to; but still it's always good to be on the ride and experience all the "sights and sounds" while getting there. A bonus, aside from the sights and sounds, there was the aroma of food all throughout the novel. I took note of a couple of menu options that I would like to try sometime.
This is the love story of an old couple, as well as of their fortyish son. I can't help but think back again to my parents-in-law married for 52 years and were together 99.9% of the time; they died within 39 days of each other. As in the novel, even the inevitable still comes as a blow. But life goes on for those left behind... We just don't pick up the pieces, we also start our own legacy that we hope would be better, if not as good as what they left behind.
The Journey Home came into my life at exactly the right time! I stepped into the book the way I do my own front door - my heart was at home with the characters and the story. An avid reader, I've often longed for male characters that resemble the men in my life - good, flawed, honest, strong, tender, kind, growing, and loving. Lou Aronica has accomplished this in his The Hearts of Men series. I cared for and respected Warren, Don, Joseph, and Will. And Antoinette . . . I have often pondered the intricacies of my own beloved mom's mind as dementia took her somewhere I couldn't go with her. In The Journey Home, Lou Aronica offers readers satisfying possibilities that entertain (that's part of the reason we read fiction - right?) and encourage.
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