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Joseph, a man in his late thirties, awakens disoriented and uneasy in a place he doesn't recognize. Several people are near him when he opens his eyes, all strangers. All of them seem perfectly friendly, but none of them can explain to him how he got there. They offer him a delicious meal and pleasant conversation in a beautifully decorated room. This would be a very nice...more Joseph, a man in his late thirties, awakens disoriented and uneasy in a place he doesn't recognize. Several people are near him when he opens his eyes, all strangers. All of them seem perfectly friendly, but none of them can explain to him how he got there. They offer him a delicious meal and pleasant conversation in a beautifully decorated room. This would be a very nice experience if not for one thing: Joseph doesn't know where he is and he has no way to contact his wife, who he is sure is worried sick over him. Thanking the people for their hospitality, he leaves to make his way back home. The only problem is that whatever happened to him has stripped him of most of his memories. He knows he needs to get back to his wife, but he doesn't know how to find her. He sets out on a journey to find his home with no sense of where he's going and only the precious, indelible vision of the woman he loves to guide him.

Antoinette is an elderly woman in an assisted living facility. She’s spent the last six years there since her husband died, and most of those years have been happy. She enjoys the company of others in her situation and her son comes to visit often. But in recent months, she’s had a tougher and tougher time leaving her room. Her friends seem different to her and the world seems increasingly confusing. She spends an escalating amount of time on a journey inside her head. There, her body and mind haven’t betrayed her. There, she’s a young newlywed with a husband who dotes on her and an entire life of dreams to live. There, she is truly home.

Warren, Antoinette’s son, is a man in his early forties going through the toughest year of his life. His marriage ended, he lost his job, and in the past few months, his mother has gone from hale to increasingly hazy. Having trouble finding work, he spends more and more time by his mother’s bedside. But her lack of lucidity both frustrates and frightens him. With far too much time on his hands, he decides to try to recreate his memories of home by attempting to cook his mother’s greatest dishes using the rudimentary appliances available in her room. He finds the challenge surprisingly rewarding, especially because the only time he feels his mother is truly with him anymore is when she is eating the meals he prepares for her.

Joseph, Antoinette, and Warren are three people on different searches for home. How they find it, and how they connect with one another at this critical stage in each of their lives, is the foundation for a profound and deeply moving story.(less)

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Published May 11th 2010 by Story Plant, The (first published April 20th 2010)

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Mar 22, 2012 Mafi marked it as to-read · review of another edition

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Mais uma para a longa lista de desejos...

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Apr 24, 2013 Julie Barrett rated it 4 of 5 stars

The Journey Home by Michael Baron
This book follows a few different groups of people.
Joseph wakes up and has lost his memory and knows he must find home where his wife will be worried about him.
Antoniette is in a nursing home and waits for Jeffrey to come visit. Her days are filled with remembering her husband and when they were first married.
Warren her son, divorced, no job comes to visit daily and she offers tea to him but he discovers she has no tea bags and there's none in the trash, after sh...more

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Jan 20, 2013 Brenda Rupp rated it 5 of 5 stars

I really loved this story. The description as found on Good Reads really does justice to the story. I did read the story really quickly and it took me a while to figure out what was going to happen at the ending. I loved how he tied all the ends up in a great bow that I would truly love to believe. I would love to believe this is what happens to our people when they pass on and would love to know they would perhaps go on a journey such as this. Anyone with a parent who has dementia or Alzheimers...more I really loved this story. The description as found on Good Reads really does justice to the story. I did read the story really quickly and it took me a while to figure out what was going to happen at the ending. I loved how he tied all the ends up in a great bow that I would truly love to believe. I would love to believe this is what happens to our people when they pass on and would love to know they would perhaps go on a journey such as this. Anyone with a parent who has dementia or Alzheimers would love to read this story. I know I was able to relate due to my mother in law who passsed away two years agao. I thought of her often while reading this book. A great journey home!

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Joseph, a man in his late thirties, awakens disoriented and uneasy in a place he doesn't recognize. Several people are near him when he opens his eyes, all strangers. All of them seem perfectly friendly, but none of them can explain to him how he got there. They offer him a delicious meal and pleasant conversation in a beautifully decorated room. This would be a very nice experience if not for one thing: Joseph doesn't know where he is and he has no way to contact his wife, who he is sure is worried sick over him. Thanking the people for their hospitality, he leaves to make his way back home. The only problem is that whatever happened to him has stripped him of most of his memories. He knows he needs to get back to his wife, but he doesn't know how to find her. He sets out on a journey to find his home with no sense of where he's going and only the precious, indelible vision of the woman he loves to guide him.

Antoinette is an elderly woman in an assisted living facility. She’s spent the last six years there since her husband died, and most of those years have been happy. She enjoys the company of others in her situation and her son comes to visit often. But in recent months, she’s had a tougher and tougher time leaving her room. Her friends seem different to her and the world seems increasingly confusing. She spends an escalating amount of time on a journey inside her head. There, her body and mind haven’t betrayed her. There, she’s a young newlywed with a husband who dotes on her and an entire life of dreams to live. There, she is truly home.

Warren, Antoinette’s son, is a man in his early forties going through the toughest year of his life. His marriage ended, he lost his job, and in the past few months, his mother has gone from hale to increasingly hazy. Having trouble finding work, he spends more and more time by his mother’s bedside. But her lack of lucidity both frustrates and frightens him. With far too much time on his hands, he decides to try to recreate his memories of home by attempting to cook his mother’s greatest dishes using the rudimentary appliances available in her room. He finds the challenge surprisingly rewarding, especially because the only time he feels his mother is truly with him anymore is when she is eating the meals he prepares for her.

Joseph, Antoinette, and Warren are three people on different searches for home. How they find it, and how they connect with one another at this critical stage in each of their lives, is the foundation for a profound and deeply moving story(less)

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Apr 14, 2012 Patrícia rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

O amor, quando verdadeiro, é uma emoção eterna. Imutável. Extremamente consciente. E mesmo quando é a morte aquela que impede duas almas gémeas de continuarem a sua vivência em conjunto, o sentimento persiste, bem lá no fundo, sempre pulsante, sempre inebriante, sempre incontestável.

‹‹Ao Encontro do Nosso Amor›› trata-se de um romance suave e bastante subtil, que envereda pelos caminhos sinuosos e tortuosos do amor, quando este nos é retirado pelo tempo que se esgotou ou pelo sentimento que se e...more

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Jan 18, 2012 Liz rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: anyone dealing with a family member with alzheimers

Recommended to Liz by: bn free fridays

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A man in wakes up in a strange house with no recollection of how he ended up there. he is told by the group of strangers that they found him on the sidewalk out front and they don't know how he got there. He goes to leave the next day after resting, and meets a young man who decides to help him out and jar his memory to find his home. Joseph has a lot of cash, knows his name, but no ID and tries to find his way home, William has the car so they travel all over the place until he finds his way.

Th...more A man in wakes up in a strange house with no recollection of how he ended up there. he is told by the group of strangers that they found him on the sidewalk out front and they don't know how he got there. He goes to leave the next day after resting, and meets a young man who decides to help him out and jar his memory to find his home. Joseph has a lot of cash, knows his name, but no ID and tries to find his way home, William has the car so they travel all over the place until he finds his way.

There is also another story going on in this novel about a man dealing with his mother's alzheimers. He goes and visits her in her assisted living home and cooks meals for her every day to try and draw her out. She is constantly relieving her early years with her husband who passed a way a few years ago. She even talks out loud, and her son listens to her getting farther and farther away from the present. As he continues to cook lunches at the home, a nurse ends up joining him every day and they start up a good relationship.

These people are all connected. Joseph finds his way after smelling a distinctive smell of a meal while in a diner that his wife used to make. He causes a commotion in the kitchen and leaves out a back door where all of a sudden he is transformed from an young man to an old man, he realizes what the smell is, and then suddenly realizes the young man he has been traveling with is his deceased son that died at 14 months old. He meets back up with his son and they head immediately to his living wife in the assisted living home. Warren hears his mother stir in the bedroom and goes to check in on her to realize she is talking to her deceased husband. He leaves her be. Joseph and Antoinette have a nice, long talk. You realize the Joseph is deceased and Antoinette shortly follows him in the afterlife. She meets up with her deceased son and they end up back in the house where Joseph woke up with no recollection. Antoinette sees her deceased family members. Warren and Jan fall for each other and start a loving relationship together.

This was a rather sweet, short book. I felt so bad for Warren with feeling so helpless for his mother and hoping she would be herself and stop reliving the past, but that is part of alzheimers.(less)

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Jun 15, 2010 Jonita rated it 4 of 5 stars

"Crossing the Bridge" by Michael Baron was one of the first books that I read in 2010, and it wasn't one of my favourites because I had some issues with some of the characters. However, I did enjoy Baron's writing style, so I thought that I would give his latest, "The Journey Home" a try. I'm glad that I was willing to give Baron a chance to wow me, because this one was very different (in a good way!) from his last one.

The story begins as Joseph, a man in his late 30's, wakes up in a strange hou...more "Crossing the Bridge" by Michael Baron was one of the first books that I read in 2010, and it wasn't one of my favourites because I had some issues with some of the characters. However, I did enjoy Baron's writing style, so I thought that I would give his latest, "The Journey Home" a try. I'm glad that I was willing to give Baron a chance to wow me, because this one was very different (in a good way!) from his last one.

The story begins as Joseph, a man in his late 30's, wakes up in a strange house, completely disoriented. He has no idea who he is, other than the fact that his name is Joseph, and he doesn't know what event landed him where he is now. He fleetingly remembers his wife, in snatches of memory that come and go, but he has no idea where she is or how he can find her. With little to guide him, Joseph sets out to find his wife, who he is sure is worried about him, and he takes Will, a teenager looking for adventure, along for the ride.

Meanwhile, Antoinette is an elderly woman living in a nursing home who is slowly losing her grip on reality. Rather than deal with the present she would rather sleep, where she has the most wonderful dreams about her deceased husband, Don, and all of the things that they used to do. Her son, Warren, recently divorced and now unemployed, visits his mother frequently, trying to replicate the wonderful recipes that she created when he was young in an attempt to lure her back to the present.

These three people are all searching for a very different version of home, and their journey to get there is an emotional ride.

I really enjoyed "The Journey Home". I had no problems connecting with the characters, and I felt especially drawn to Joseph. His disorientation was heartbreaking; he followed smells and feelings in a desperate attempt to be reunited with his wife. He can't remember her name, or what her face looks like, but he can remember how much he loves her. I also enjoyed the character of Warren. Instead of becoming a broken man- he's freshly divorced, newly unemployed, and he's losing his mother to dementia and old age- he throws all of his energy into making his mother happy. The ending of Warren's story was definitely my favourite.

In fact, the best part of the book was the ending. This isn't to discount the beginning and middle of the book, it was just that the ending utterly surprised and pleased me. It isn't often that an author can surprise me with an ending (usually I can anticipate them well ahead of time). There was a point when I wondered how the story could possibly end that would make any sense, but Baron managed that and more. It's what made this book memorable.

This book is short (only 176 pages), but it packs a punch. The short length will also make it the perfect read for busy moms this summer, as it only took me a couple of hours to read it from start to finish.(less)

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Jun 13, 2010 Kari rated it 5 of 5 stars

A poignant love story tying three separate characters together in an unimaginable way, The Journey Home will pull readers in from the beginning and captivate them throughout. With endearing and sensitive writing, beautifully crafted characters and stunning plot lines, Baron has created another romantic masterpiece. This book focuses on three characters, two of whom are related and one who is completely separate, and forms a connection with each of them to the reader.

Joseph is the first character...more
A poignant love story tying three separate characters together in an unimaginable way, The Journey Home will pull readers in from the beginning and captivate them throughout. With endearing and sensitive writing, beautifully crafted characters and stunning plot lines, Baron has created another romantic masterpiece. This book focuses on three characters, two of whom are related and one who is completely separate, and forms a connection with each of them to the reader.

Joseph is the first character introduced, a man who wakes up in a house full of strangers and missing most of his names. Apart from knowing his first name but no last name and having a strong feeling he is married, Joseph is at a complete loss for what to do and where to go. His pain over the distance from his wife is tangible, written in a stunning way to easily make the reader see from his eyes how it feels to know somewhere his wife loves him and misses him with no word on whether he's safe or not. His journey is surprising as he meets a 17 year old boy named Will who openly offers to drive him aimlessly across the country in an effort to find his home. The kinship between these two- adult man and teenager caught between boy and man- is moving and memorable.

Next introduced is Antoinette, a woman suffering the effects of Alzheimer's, compounded by her grievance over the loss of her husband a few years before. This is a woman who was devoted to her husband, entwined in him, and the definition of soul mate. Without him, Antoinette lives in a constant state of pain, missing him and wanting nothing more than to be with him. Her days are spent, by preference, locked away in her memories, reliving her entire relationship with her husband and offering heartfelt looks into various points in their decades together. They most certainly had the kind of idealized romance many can only dream about, from the raw passion to the intense devotion and Baron has painted that picture enchantingly.

The final player in this work is Warren, Antoinette's son who is struggling to understand her mental decline. With little other ideas to try to pull her attention, coupled with the goings-on in his personal life, Warren begins creating all the heartfelt, homemade dishes he grew up. These are dishes Antoinette made from the heart with her family and friends in mind, doing her own spin on well known dishes and naming them after those she loves. Though it seems irrelevant, Baron has weaved not only the titles of the dishes but the stories behind the names and the slow change they create in Warren seamlessly, making the reader want to find out more of these dishes. This story line overlaps with Antoinette's as much as can be expected when one character prefers to be alone, creating the allusion of a solitary life even in the midst of family.

Throughout the book, all three characters' personalities come through strongly and develop masterfully. The mystery behind Joseph's amnesia and what will become of Warren and Antoinette provide intrigue while the simple romantic element of not only Antoinette's memories but a potential spark between Warren and a caretaker at the senior complex his mother lives at builds the bonds. The manner in which these three finally connect is stunning and something hard to piece together, even if the reader can predict some aspects. The overall layout is hidden until the perfect moment in which Baron sideswipes the reader, uniting these three and providing closure.

This is a story that will resonate after the final word, filling the reader with the climax of intense emotion built throughout. As with Baron's previous novel Crossing The Bridge, his understandable of not only the English language but the complexities of emotion come through the pages, a series of words weaved beautifully yet simply. This is a romance to pick up, a story to engage in, and a plot to remember.
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Apr 20, 2012 Elphaba J rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Existem histórias que são um verdadeiro bálsamo para a alma. Histórias que nos fazem aflorar emoções, despertando-nos para a simplicidade dos sentimentos e para as verdades mais puras que nascem das muitas formas de amar enquanto existir vida, e para além da morte. Esta é uma delas.

Ao Encontro do Nosso Amor é um pequeno puzzle de emotivo onde a curiosidade desperta no homem a capacidade inata de sentir, onde a vida põe à prova a resistência do coração e onde o espirito, alimentado pelas vivência...more

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Oct 17, 2011 Kyle rated it 3 of 5 stars

The Journey Home is a predictable, feel good story about growing old and what happens next. It was a somewhat interesting contrast between Joseph, a young man in his 30’s trying to remember, and Antoinette, an elderly woman who spends the majority of her time reliving memories from earlier in her life. Warren is Antoinette’s son, and he is on a journey of his own to piece his life back together after a divorce, losing his job, and supporting a mother that is rapidly declining.

Aging and the unce...more

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Jun 22, 2012 Michael rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-i-have-reviewed

He started well but he tripped and fell. I like that little rhyme and it applied perfectly to this book for me.

The story started with a nice little mystery and went right downhill for me from there. In the end the mystery really didn’t amount to anything more than a plot device and in between the beginning and the end I went back and forth between feeling like I was reading a cookbook and watching a Lifetime Movie Network movie. The writing felt stunted to me and the dialogue was sometimes a lit...more

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Jan 30, 2012 Christy rated it 3 of 5 stars

Joseph wakes up having no memory of his past. Thankfully, a kind group of people have taken him in, but he feels compelled to find his way home. When leaving their house, Joseph encounters Billy, a teenager who is looking for a way out of town. These two unlikely traveling companions begin their quest to find Joseph’s home.

Warren’s mother, Antoinette, is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and is living in an assisted living facility. Warren visits her daily for longer and longer periods of time,...more

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May 06, 2012 Estefânia Botelho rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: livros-2012, livros-lidos-meus, os-meus-livros, romance, oferta-quinta-essencia

Razões da escolha do livro: Oferta da Editora “Quinta Essência”.
Proveniência: A minha biblioteca.
A minha Opinião:
Três personagens – Joseph, Antoinette e Warren – procuram um novo sentido para a sua vida, procuram aquilo que mais amam.
Joseph acorda perdido, sem saber onde está, só sentindo que tem de encontrar a sua esposa, que tanto ama mas sobre a qual não tem recordações, apenas uma imagem pouco nítida ou a sua voz para o guiar.
Antoinette vive fechada no seu próprio mundo, alternando períodos...more

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May 21, 2010 Cheryl rated it 5 of 5 stars

Joseph wakes up to find himself in a stranger’s home. He has no idea how he got there or where home is. Joseph leaves and takes off. Along the way he bumps into a young boy by the name of Will. Will tags along. Together Joseph and Will take a road trip…one they will never forget.

Warren’s mother, Antoinette is living in a nursing home. She is not doing well. Warren decides to reminisce about the past by cooking all of his mother’s famous recipes.

While spending time at the nursing home, Warren s...more

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Feb 09, 2012 Naomi rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Good read for a short story. I'm not a huge fan of short stories because I like lots of character development. This story about Joseph and Anotoniette could have been developed even further, but because this is a fairly new author it is just right. Though a bit predictable it held my attention and the main characters were very believeable. Throughly enjoyed it on my Nook and it was freebie I'm glad I down loaded. I'm looking forward to reading more by this author.

Joseph finds himself awaking in...more

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May 17, 2010 Jennifer rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: own

The Joruney Home holds a special place in my heart now...it's a beautifully told story about a family...and though I am not sure this rating is 100% about the book as it is about me...

This story hit close to home for me, for a few reason's the most important though is that of the relationship between my grandfather and grandmother - I almost relived there love though Michael Baron's telling of The Journey Home. A love story about finding home - even if you feel like your lost in a world and have...more

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Jan 09, 2012 Dianna rated it 4 of 5 stars

Recommended to Dianna by: Barnes & Noble free ebook

Shelves: fiction, love

This story goes full circle. I signed up to win it, but realized I already had it in my library as a Barnes and Noble free book.

It starts in a house with people sharing a delicious meal. One of the people does not know who he is, nor what he is doing there. He spends the night and then sets out the next day to try to find out about who he. He meets a young boy, age 17, on the street and there starts what turns out to be the journey they were both meant to take.

As stated about this writer, he i...more

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Aug 19, 2012 Annette rated it 4 of 5 stars

I actually really enjoyed this story. It's a short story and an easy read, it's also very predictable, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. It's tough to go on without spoiling the story, but the story is so predictable that maybe it doesn't matter. This story is an interesting take on the "afterlife". The love story is endearing and fills you with hope. I think it probably could have been fleshed out into a full novel if some of the predictability was taken from the story and it's too bad that isn't w...more

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Apr 26, 2012 Arttemizza rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: leituras-2012

É a primeira vez que tenho oportunidade de ler algo do escritor, além deste também tenho outros dois livros dele o “Ficarei à tua Espera” e o “Nunca te Esqueci", no entanto, decidi ler este em primeiro ser mais pequeno no número de páginas, mas decididamente não foi a melhor escolha, já que, não me seduziu minimamente.

Honestamente não consigo resumir o livro em poucas palavras, dado que, não percebi qual a essência do mesmo. A sua leitura revelou-se bastante rápida e acabei por ficar apenas com...more

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Aug 15, 2012 Paula pccst rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Na capa deste livro podemos encontrar a referência "Para leitores de Nicholas Sparks" e sendo eu apreciadora deste tipo de romances, decidi lê-lo.
Ao início fiquei um pouco confusa com o rumo que a narrativa estava a levar. As personagens não têm, aparentemente, qualquer ligação e existem ali muitas informações retidas. A sinopse pouco nos adianta sobre o que poderemos esperar desta história e somente no seu final é que conseguimos descortinar e interligar as três personagens principais: Joseph,...more

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Jun 10, 2010 Cheryl "Mash" rated it 5 of 5 stars

The Journey Home by Michael Baron
Published by The Aronica-Miller Publishing Project, LLC
ISBN-13: 978-0-9819568-6-2
At the request of The Story Plant, a PB copy was sent, at no cost to me, for my honest opinion.
Subject: (from back of book) Joseph, a man in his late thirties, awakens disoriented and uneasy in a place he doesn't recognize. He sets out on a journey to finf hiw home with no sense of where he's going and only the precious, indelible vision of the woman he loves to guide him.
Antoinett...more

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Dec 29, 2011 Cheryl Prentiss rated it 2 of 5 stars

Although this book was written well I found it depressing. The story revolves around an elderly women who is suffering from Alzheimers. She is near the end of her life and is searching for the memory and spirit of her husband who died a few years earlier. In turn he is searching for his wife who will join him in heaven if he can find her. In addition their son is trying to deal with his mothers ailing memory. It hit too close to home with Oma who suffered from Alzheimers passing away this year.

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Oct 12, 2012 Jodie rated it 4 of 5 stars

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May 27, 2012 Andreia Silva rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: leituras-de-2012

Se calhar fui ler este livro com uma expectativa demasiado elevada. E por isso sinto que foi uma desilusão. Nunca tinha lido nada do autor, mas a premissa é interessante e dizem ser parecido com Nicholas Sparks. Mas o livro não me tocou. É uma história simples, que acredito que a muita gente irá tocar, porque é no fundo, uma bonita história de amor. Fãs do romance não se acanhem com a minha opinião, até porque eu mesma tenho ali outro livro do autor para ler e ao qual darei uma nova oportunidade...more

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Nov 27, 2011 Gabrielle rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: hs-favorites, after-hs-favorites, free-from-nook

This book turned out to be a lot better than I expected. It was quite boring in the beginning. There wasn't really a story at that part. It seemed like just random stuff was put together, but at the end everything came together. You really have to read this until the end because nothing would make sense if you don't. Also if you don't read the end the book would be horrible, just like what I thought it was. This book was one of those books that you have to finish even though it doesn't seem very...more

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Apr 18, 2011 Sally rated it 3 of 5 stars

Although it's a novel, The Journey Home is truly an interesting point of view on Alzheimers and how it affects its victims and the family of its victims. Well written, tugs at the heart and I really like how cooking and food tie it all in. I only gave it 3 stars, because I really felt the story never trul reached its arch. It was a bit anti-climatic, but still, a story from the heart AND full of heart that, like I said before, was well written...so that's always nice.

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Feb 03, 2012 Janet rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction, stopped-reading, kindle, read-in-2012

I started this book last eve and found the writing disjointed. When I reached the 40% point, I read other reviews, then skipped to the end. For me the strength of the book was the way the auther was able to describe the perceptions of the elderly mom with Alzheimer's vs. her sons perspectives. I did skip to the end to read the final chapter. It was an interesting conclusion, but overall, I was ready to move on rather than return to the chapters I missed.

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Apr 23, 2012 Jenne rated it 3 of 5 stars

Got it on a "free Friday" for my Nook quite some time ago and kept putting off reading it because I had "better" books to read. It was a fairly quick read at only 133 pages and it drew me in pretty quickly. It was suggested as "if you like Nicholas Sparks..." and I can see why they would relate the two, although it had none of the classic Sparks elements!! Overall, I would recommend it to others. Especially if the price was good! A good book!

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Jan 27, 2012 Kate C rated it 2 of 5 stars

I liked the premise of the book and the structure of every chapter being told from the viewpoint of one of the three main characters. It kept me intrigued until the end. But I didn't like the end of the book; I thought it was convuluted and didn't really tie the strings together in a believable fashion - like it was too forced. I did appreciate the relationship between Warren and Antoinette and really felt the emotional pull between them.

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Jun 11, 2010 Serena rated it 3 of 5 stars

Michael Baron’s The Journey Home is a very personal work of fiction based upon the author’s parents’ marriage and love for one another.

Joseph awakens with no memory of who he is and embarks on a road trip to jog his memory with the help of a young teen, Will. Meanwhile, Antoinette is an elderly woman living in an assisted living facility who is slowly losing her grip on reality and living in her past.

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Nov 16, 2011 Carol rated it 4 of 5 stars

I got this from B&N for Free Fridays - said if you like Nicholas Sparks you would also like this author. Since I am rereading all of Nichalas Sparks I thought this would be a good new author to try. Loved the story of Joseph, Warren and Anntoinette all trying to find their way HOME. I could not put it down and was surprized by the ending........ I will certainly read other books by Michael Baron.

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About Michael Baron

Pseudonym for Michael A. Kahn

I grew up in the New York area and I’ve lived there my entire life. I worked in retail and taught high school English before I got my first book contract. I have gotten several additional book contracts since then, which is fortunate because I didn’t have the patience to work in retail and, while I quite enjoyed teaching, my approach was a bit too unconventional for mo...more Pseudonym for Michael A. Kahn

I grew up in the New York area and I’ve lived there my entire life. I worked in retail and taught high school English before I got my first book contract. I have gotten several additional book contracts since then, which is fortunate because I didn’t have the patience to work in retail and, while I quite enjoyed teaching, my approach was a bit too unconventional for most school systems. One school administrator told me that, “there are more important things than being a dynamic teacher.” Since I couldn’t name any of those things (at least in the context of school), I figured I didn’t have a long-term future in the profession. Hence, I became a writer, where I believe people appreciate a certain level of dynamism.

Though I started with nonfiction, I have always loved fiction and I have always wanted to write it. I’ve always had a particular affection for love stories. In fact, the very first book-length thing I ever wrote, when I was thirteen, was a love story. Mind you, it was the kind of love story that a thirteen-year-old boy would write, but it was a love story nonetheless. I have a deep passion for writing about relationships – family relationships, working relationships, friendships, and, of course, romantic relationships – and I can only truly explore this by writing fiction. These novels have given me a way to voice the millions of things running through my head.

My wife and kids are the center of my life. My wife is the inspiration for all of my love stories and my children enthrall me, challenge me, and keep me moving. One of the primary reasons I wrote my first novel, When You Went Away was that I wanted to write about being a father. Aside from my family, I have a few other burning passions. I’m a pop culture junkie with an especially strong interest in music, I love fine food (and any restaurant shaped like a hot dog), and I read far too many sports blogs for my own good.

You might have noticed that I haven't published a photo of myself. This isn't because I'm involved in the Witness Protection program or because I have an innate fear of cameras. It's because Michael Baron is a pseudonym. I'm writing these novels “undercover” because they're not entirely compatible with the nonfiction books I write and I didn't want to confuse readers. We're all different people sometimes, right? I just decided to give my alter ego another name.

My third novel, The Journey Home, has just come out. It’s a love story, too. Naturally.(less)

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