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Megan Edwards - Roads From the Ashes, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

Roads From the Ashes

An Odyssey in Real Life on the Virtual Frontier

Av Megan Edwards

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When a wildfire destroys everything you own, sometimes the only way forward is to hit the road.When a devastating wildfire swept through the hills above Los Angeles, Megan Edwards lost her home and nearly all her worldly possessions. But amid the ashes, she began to see an extraordinary opportunity: the chance to leave conventional life behind and explore North America. Her husband needed a little more convincing. (“Give me five minutes to grieve!”) Before long, however, they were planning an adventure neither could have imagined.A few months later, they set off in a custom-built, four-wheel-drive motorhome with an unusual feature: an office in the back instead of a bedroom. Edwards intended to keep writing for newspapers while they traveled, filing stories by cell phone in an era when the Internet was barely known and mobile service was unreliable, expensive, and often nonexistent.They expected to spend six months on the road before settling down and returning to normal life. Instead, six months became years. By the time five years and thousands of miles had passed, they were still traveling, discovering remarkable places, encountering unforgettable characters, and learning what it meant to live without the possessions that had once defined their lives.Along the way, they witnessed the extraordinary rise of the World Wide Web, from a curiosity embraced by a handful of enthusiasts to a technology transforming everyday life. They launched RoadTripAmerica.com to share their discoveries and travel advice, gradually realizing their dream of being “at work, at home, and on the road, all at the same grand time.”Originally published in 1999, this twentieth-anniversary edition of Edwards's memoir is both an inspiring account of rebuilding a life after disaster and a funny, revealing portrait of American road travel during the Internet's earliest years. Featuring a new introduction by the author, a foreword by Chris Epting, and 22 photographs from the couple's years on the road, it invites readers to rediscover the freedom, uncertainty, and unexpected rewards of taking the road less traveled.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2020-04-23
  • Mått: 152 x 228 x 25 mm
  • Vikt: 424 g
  • Ålder: 15+
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Läsålder: 15+
  • Antal sidor: 256
  • Upplaga: 2
  • Förlag: Imbrifex Books
  • Medarbetare: Chris Epting
  • ISBN: 9781945501401
  • Utmärkelser: Winner of The Bill Fisher Award for Best First Book: Fiction 2018 (United States)
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Megan Edwards is the award-winning author of A Coin for the Ferryman, the Copper Black mystery series, and Strings: A Love Story. Her travel memoir, Roads from the Ashes: An Odyssey in Real Life on the Virtual Frontier, chronicles seven years spent exploring North America.With a lifelong passion for history, literature, and travel, Edwards studied classics in college and attended the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome and the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Her extensive travels and years living in Europe continue to inform her storytelling.Edwards lives in Las Vegas, Nevada, the setting for her Copper Black mystery series.

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“Edwards explores matters of identity—trying on new labels like homeless, unemployed, finding that they don’t fit, and that the old labels don’t either. There is also the inevitability of tension, bickering, of outright civil warfare in such close quarters, as well as the ability of a well-placed geothermal hot spring to heal heart, soul and marriage.” —Tiffany Pace, Mind Bets (June 2019)“This is an excellent memoir, originally published twenty years ago but well worth the re-run. By the end you will find yourself appreciating the introduction of life as the Edwards lived it for the seven years they traveled. An excellent picture of California life in the 1990s, the personal pain of losing all you possess in a single day, and the joys and angsts of following your heart down backcountry roads in a four-wheel-drive motorhome.” —Bonnie Reed Fry, Goodreads.com“This is a book to stir dreams of distant places, a remarkable journey down unknown roads of travel and self-exploration. Edwards relates the stories of their American adventures and misadventures in the compelling style of a novelist, with humor, drama and brilliant imagery. A journey worth taking.” —Al Martinez, Los Angeles Times (from a review of the 1999 edition)

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