Review: Where Will the Real Journey Take You?
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 20, 2012
Part allegory, part coming of age, part spiritual awakening, this book is about a teenage boy living with an alcoholic mother and a fragile younger brother. Even his mother is quick to tell him the truth that the solution Brian thinks he has found to his sad and sometimes terrifying life is the wrong one. Will his little brother pay the price for his short-sightedness, his simple plan to "make everything better"?When his easy fixes begin to crumble to ashes Brian is forced to examine his own motives and what is really important to him. An elderly stranger and a desperate, outcast new friend push him to search for the real power to make the world a better place.What is the source of healing, of restoration, of hope? Is it in magic and ancient legends or is it closer to home, from a different source, far from "the center of the world"? The physical quest and the spiritual one are intertwined all along the way.