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Andrew McCarthy is a writer, actor, and director. He is an editor-at-large with National Geographic Traveler, and has written for The New York Times, The Atlantic, and The Wall Street Journal. The Society of American Travel Writers named him the Travel Journalist of the Year in 2010 and presented him their Grand Award in 2011. Andrew made his acting debut at nineteen and has appeared in dozens of films, including Pretty in Pink, St. Elmos Fire, and The Joy Luck Club.
In this event, Andrew will offer a special sneak preview of his forthcoming memoir, The Longest Way Home: One Man's Quest for the Courage to Settle Down (Simon & Shuster). The book follows Andrew on 8 pivotal trips in which he confronts the demons of his past in an effort to become the man he knows he can be a committed husband, father and son. With an irrepressible taste for adventure, candor, and a vivid sense of place, he takes us on a deeply personal journey of self-discovery played out amid some of the worlds most evocative locales, as he makes his way home, to the woman he loves.
During this event, not only will you see the book trailer and hear about how Andrew got into travel writing, you will be the first people to hear Andrew deliver a live-reading from his memoir before the book goes on-sale! Youll also be invited to ask Andrew questions.
Chat with Andrew McCarthy and The Longest Way Home
A parvum opus penned by Pammy Pam, on September 14th, 2012
Andrew McCarthy, the quiet heartthrob from the 80s movie fame, has written a new book entitled The Longest Way Home: One Mans Quest for The Courage to Settle Down.
Heres what theyre saying about it:
In THE LONGEST WAY HOME: One Mans Quest for the Courage to Settle Down (Free Press; September 18, 2012; $26.00), actor and award-winning travel writer Andrew McCarthy offers a revealing and insightful memoir about how travel allowed him to overcome his life-long fears in order to become the man, father, and husband he knew he could be.
When in his forties Andrew finds himself at a crossroads, realizing that something in his character has always kept him at a distance, preventing him from giving himself wholeheartedly to the woman he loves and from becoming the father that he knows his children deserve, he turns to travel to find clarity and liberate him from these fears. In THE LONGEST WAY HOME, Andrew sets out on a series of seven exotic trips from the treacherous slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, to the dense Costa Rican rainforests, to a riverboat on the Amazon in search of answers.
According to Andrew, travel especially by people who rarely do it is often dismissed as a luxury and an indulgence, or as a way to escape lifes pressures. For Andrew, however, travel is a way for him to confront his fears and worries directly. For me, he explains, travel has rarely been about escape; its often not even about a particular destination. The motivation is to goto meet life, and myself, head-on along the road. Theres something in the act of setting out that renews me, that fills me with a feeling of possibility. On the road, Im forced to rely on instinct and intuition, on the kindness of strangers, in ways that illuminate who I am, ways that shed light on my motivations, my fears.
Set amid some of the worlds most evocative and exotic locales, Andrews real journey is one of the spirit. Honest and authentic, Andrew McCarthys THE LONGEST WAY HOME emerges as an intimate memoir of self-discovery and a remarkable love song to the woman who is now his wife.
Doesnt that sound interesting?
I thought so too and Im happy to be participating in aPARTY! Just me and Drew (and maybe 4,000 other people, but whatevs) a CHAT on Friday September 14th at 6pm EST. Im sure hes been traveling the world looking for me, an Unconventional Librarian, but since Im already spoken for hell just hafta settle for a chat. Maybe now he can finally settle down.
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