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Together We Will Go
- Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Dan Bittner, Neo Cihi, Michael Crouch, Samantha Desz, Kyla Garcia, Jonathan Todd Ross, Fred Sanders, Tara Sands, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Kevin R. Free, Aden Hakimi
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
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Publisher's Summary
The Breakfast Club meets The Silver Linings Playbook in this powerful, provocative, and heartfelt novel about 12 endearing strangers who come together to make the most of their final days, from New York Times best-selling and award-winning author J. Michael Straczynski.
Mark Antonelli, a failed young writer looking down the barrel at 30, is planning a cross-country road trip. He buys a beat-up old tour bus. He hires a young army vet to drive it. He puts out an ad for others to join him along the way. But this will be a road trip like no other: His passengers are all fellow disheartened souls who have decided that this will be their final journey - upon arrival in San Francisco, they will find a cliff with an amazing view of the ocean at sunset, hit the gas, and drive out of this world.
The unlikely companions include a young woman with a chronic pain sensory disorder and another who was relentlessly bullied at school for her size; a bipolar, party-loving neo-hippie; a gentle coder with a literal hole in his heart and blue skin; and a poet dreaming of a better world beyond this one. We get to know them through access to their texts, emails, voicemails, and the daily journal entries they write as the price of admission for this trip.
By turns tragic, funny, quirky, charming, and deeply moving, Together We Will Go explores the decisions that brings these characters together, and the relationships that grow between them, with some discovering love and affection for the first time. But as they cross state lines and complications to the initial plan arise, it becomes clear that this is a novel as much about the will to live as the choice to end it. The final, unforgettable moments as they hurtle toward the decisions awaiting them will be remembered for a lifetime.
What the critics say
"With its engaging mix of emails, recordings, and sound effects, this book is perfectly realized in audio. Listeners will be captivated by the text conversations, impromptu recordings, and heartbreaking journal entries that are revealed throughout the trip. The narrators capture the depth of the passengers' personalities and circumstances, skillfully conveying their pain, shame, and exhaustion, while also highlighting their enduring tenderness. Discretion is strongly advised, but for those seeking a unique window onto a difficult topic, this is an unforgettable journey." (AudioFile Magazine)
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- shira5665
- 2022-06-17
Wonderful story! Brilliantly read! 6 stars!
A character in this book describes the adventure as, "the Breakfast Club, with death." An apt description, and it's also so much more! Deeper, funnier, and far more poinient. This is a book that will stay with me for a long time.
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- Sherri Robillard
- 2022-12-30
Great Book
Another book well done! I’ll be on the look out and waiting for your next great book!
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- Kevin Rose
- 2024-08-13
Wonderful story
This is such an unusual and wonderful story. The cast is great. As someone who has dealt with some of the issues of this book I thought that it was so well written and the characters are so well crafted. JMS should be very proud of this one. One of my favourite listens.
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- Anonymous
- 2023-05-02
Predictable
Idea was cool but I expected more. Not much surprised me in this book. Some parts were pretty corny
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