Take Me with You
Catherine Ryan Hyde
Some books just speak to one's soul. First off this book includes a tour of National Parks I have also visited.
And then there's the heart tug. A single father, the mother does not enter the picture, is faced with jail time and confronts the danger of his two sons entering the child welfare system while he's incarcerated if he can't find an alternate solution. August is headed out for a summer in his motor home with his son's ashes and his little dog when his engine breaks down. He and his mechanic strike a deal that sees the two boys taken into the care of a stranger while they cross multiple state borders. August is a high school teacher so he has some skills and raised a nineteen year old again as a single father. The miracle here is the fact that the trio bond and even more remarkable in this age we live in that the boys respond in gratitude as August ages.
The themes explored here include childhood trauma, (Henry stops talking), Alcoholism, Raison D'Etre, respect, love, Woody--the Dog.
My fourth read through.
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