false <![CDATA[Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255875634m/2280393.jpg 2280393 2 A pampered Long Island princess hits the road in a converted bus with her wilderness-loving husband, travels the country for one year, and brings it all hilariously to life in this offbeat and romantic memoir. Doreen and Tim are married psychiatrists with a twist: She’s a self-proclaimed Long Island princess, grouchy couch potato, and shoe addict. He's an affable, though driven, outdoorsman. When Tim suggests “chucking it all” to travel cross-country in a converted bus, Doreen asks, “Why can’t you be like a normal husband in a midlife crisis and have an affair or buy a Corvette?” But she soon shocks them both, agreeing to set forth with their sixty-pound dog, two querulous cats—and no agenda—in a 340-square-foot bus. Queen of the Road is Doreen’s offbeat and romantic tale about refusing to settle; about choosing the unconventional road with all the misadventures it brings (fire, flood, armed robbery, and finding themselves in a nudist RV park, to name just a few). The marvelous places they visit and delightful people they encounter have a life-changing effect on all the travelers, as Doreen grows to appreciate the simple life, Tim mellows, and even the pets pull together. Best of all, readers get to go along for the ride through forty-seven states in this often hilarious and always entertaining memoir, in which a boisterous marriage of polar opposites becomes stronger than ever. 2286521 book 3 6 2008 Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own total:357|5:38|4:135|3:111|2:56|1:17| 357 1192 734 147 2280393 0767928539 9780767928533 357 147 Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own 3.34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255875634m/2280393.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2280393.Queen_of_the_Road_The_True_Tale_of_47_States_22_000_Miles_200_Shoes_2_Cats_1_Poodle_a_Husband_and_a_Bus_with_a_Will_of_Its_Own 5 3 false Tue Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 04:51:35 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 05:05:51 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2280393 0767928539 9780767928533 357 147 Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own 3.34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255875634m/2280393.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2280393.Queen_of_the_Road_The_True_Tale_of_47_States_22_000_Miles_200_Shoes_2_Cats_1_Poodle_a_Husband_and_a_Bus_with_a_Will_of_Its_Own 2 3 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 13 12:11:07 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 12:12:45 -0700 2009 2280393 0767928539 9780767928533 357 147 Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own 3.34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255875634m/2280393.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2280393.Queen_of_the_Road_The_True_Tale_of_47_States_22_000_Miles_200_Shoes_2_Cats_1_Poodle_a_Husband_and_a_Bus_with_a_Will_of_Its_Own 5 2 false Tue May 20 15:39:23 -0700 2008 Tue May 20 15:42:25 -0700 2008
I even went in an automobile with...more...]]> 2280393 0767928539 9780767928533 357 147 Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own 3.34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255875634m/2280393.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2280393.Queen_of_the_Road_The_True_Tale_of_47_States_22_000_Miles_200_Shoes_2_Cats_1_Poodle_a_Husband_and_a_Bus_with_a_Will_of_Its_Own 4 0 false Sat Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 08:38:35 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 08:49:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2280393 0767928539 9780767928533 357 147 Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own 3.34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255875634m/2280393.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2280393.Queen_of_the_Road_The_True_Tale_of_47_States_22_000_Miles_200_Shoes_2_Cats_1_Poodle_a_Husband_and_a_Bus_with_a_Will_of_Its_Own 3 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 15:09:25 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 15:09:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2280393 0767928539 9780767928533 357 147 Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own 3.34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255875634m/2280393.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2280393.Queen_of_the_Road_The_True_Tale_of_47_States_22_000_Miles_200_Shoes_2_Cats_1_Poodle_a_Husband_and_a_Bus_with_a_Will_of_Its_Own 5 1 false Sat Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 04 10:51:06 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 10:55:38 -0800 2008 on the road but will gladly live it through Ms. Orion! :)more...]]> 2280393 0767928539 9780767928533 357 147 Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own 3.34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255875634m/2280393.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2280393.Queen_of_the_Road_The_True_Tale_of_47_States_22_000_Miles_200_Shoes_2_Cats_1_Poodle_a_Husband_and_a_Bus_with_a_Will_of_Its_Own 2 0 false Thu Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 15:48:18 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 15:54:21 -0700 2009 1 Nice people don't necessarily make entertaining writers.
Reading about traveling is not nearly as good as traveling.
I'm not the only to believe that things are not as important as people, but yet to cling to my things. But at least one of us (the author) has let go, ...more...]]> 2280393 0767928539 9780767928533 357 147 Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own 3.34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255875634m/2280393.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2280393.Queen_of_the_Road_The_True_Tale_of_47_States_22_000_Miles_200_Shoes_2_Cats_1_Poodle_a_Husband_and_a_Bus_with_a_Will_of_Its_Own 4 1 false Wed Jul 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 17:04:08 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 17:07:22 -0700 2008
After reading this book, I want to buy a bus of my own and head out on the road to visit many of my good friends throughout the country!more...]]> 2280393 0767928539 9780767928533 357 147 Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own 3.34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255875634m/2280393.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2280393.Queen_of_the_Road_The_True_Tale_of_47_States_22_000_Miles_200_Shoes_2_Cats_1_Poodle_a_Husband_and_a_Bus_with_a_Will_of_Its_Own 4 0 false Tue May 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 10:27:28 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 16:54:59 -0700 2009 once more...]]> 2280393 0767928539 9780767928533 357 147 Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own 3.34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255875634m/2280393.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2280393.Queen_of_the_Road_The_True_Tale_of_47_States_22_000_Miles_200_Shoes_2_Cats_1_Poodle_a_Husband_and_a_Bus_with_a_Will_of_Its_Own 3 1 false Wed Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 31 14:15:52 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 31 14:22:44 -0700 2008
(I needed something light after finishing Tom Friedman's "The World i...]]> 2280393 0767928539 9780767928533 357 147 Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own 3.34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255875634m/2280393.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2280393.Queen_of_the_Road_The_True_Tale_of_47_States_22_000_Miles_200_Shoes_2_Cats_1_Poodle_a_Husband_and_a_Bus_with_a_Will_of_Its_Own 4 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 18:08:03 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 18:13:12 -0700 2009
It's an account (written by a self-professed Long Island princess possessing over 200 pairs of shoes) of how a woman and her husband set off for a year-long trek across country in a...more...]]> 2280393 0767928539 9780767928533 357 147 Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own 3.34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255875634m/2280393.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2280393.Queen_of_the_Road_The_True_Tale_of_47_States_22_000_Miles_200_Shoes_2_Cats_1_Poodle_a_Husband_and_a_Bus_with_a_Will_of_Its_Own 4 0 false Sun May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 07:54:39 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 17:45:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2280393 0767928539 9780767928533 357 147 Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own 3.34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255875634m/2280393.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2280393.Queen_of_the_Road_The_True_Tale_of_47_States_22_000_Miles_200_Shoes_2_Cats_1_Poodle_a_Husband_and_a_Bus_with_a_Will_of_Its_Own 4 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jul 24 17:27:54 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 17:28:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2280393 0767928539 9780767928533 357 147 Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own 3.34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255875634m/2280393.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2280393.Queen_of_the_Road_The_True_Tale_of_47_States_22_000_Miles_200_Shoes_2_Cats_1_Poodle_a_Husband_and_a_Bus_with_a_Will_of_Its_Own 2 0 false Mon Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 16:59:54 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 15:49:16 -0700 2009
Alas, I was disappointed in the book. The writing style is okay, and the author does use humo...more...]]> 2280393 0767928539 9780767928533 357 147 Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own 3.34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255875634m/2280393.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2280393.Queen_of_the_Road_The_True_Tale_of_47_States_22_000_Miles_200_Shoes_2_Cats_1_Poodle_a_Husband_and_a_Bus_with_a_Will_of_Its_Own 4 0 false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 20:18:47 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 20:28:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2280393 0767928539 9780767928533 357 147 Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own 3.34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255875634m/2280393.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2280393.Queen_of_the_Road_The_True_Tale_of_47_States_22_000_Miles_200_Shoes_2_Cats_1_Poodle_a_Husband_and_a_Bus_with_a_Will_of_Its_Own 5 0 false Fri Aug 29 08:04:41 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 08:05:56 -0700 2008
Doreen's story bears some similarity to my own. A female shrink, happily married and settled comfortably into her life, goes on a...more...]]> 2280393 0767928539 9780767928533 357 147 Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own 3.34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255875634m/2280393.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2280393.Queen_of_the_Road_The_True_Tale_of_47_States_22_000_Miles_200_Shoes_2_Cats_1_Poodle_a_Husband_and_a_Bus_with_a_Will_of_Its_Own 0 2 false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 18 12:43:06 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 15 01:55:39 -0700 2009
It was extremely disappointing considering I have an interest in not only travel books, but recently, also in memoirs. Since I am on the road over 300 days of the year myself, ...more...]]> 2280393 0767928539 9780767928533 357 147 Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own 3.34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255875634m/2280393.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2280393.Queen_of_the_Road_The_True_Tale_of_47_States_22_000_Miles_200_Shoes_2_Cats_1_Poodle_a_Husband_and_a_Bus_with_a_Will_of_Its_Own 2 0 false Fri Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 07:46:39 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 07:49:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2280393 0767928539 9780767928533 357 147 Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own 3.34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255875634m/2280393.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2280393.Queen_of_the_Road_The_True_Tale_of_47_States_22_000_Miles_200_Shoes_2_Cats_1_Poodle_a_Husband_and_a_Bus_with_a_Will_of_Its_Own 5 0 false Thu Jun 26 13:23:29 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 23:43:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2280393 0767928539 9780767928533 357 147 Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own 3.34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255875634m/2280393.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2280393.Queen_of_the_Road_The_True_Tale_of_47_States_22_000_Miles_200_Shoes_2_Cats_1_Poodle_a_Husband_and_a_Bus_with_a_Will_of_Its_Own 4 0 false Tue Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 06:22:53 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 10:17:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2280393