The Road to Anywhere But Here

by Carol Newman

Struggling with periodic poverty, Carol's mother viewed moving as a new beginning. Carol grew up feeling isolated and disconnected until they finally settled down. Unfortunately, she inherited her mother's restless nature and at nineteen years old, left her home town on a motorcycle to find her fame and fortune. What she was really looking for was connection and purpose. Silver Medalist, 2017 Human Relations Indie Book Awards.

260 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 12, 2016

Reviews

[Nicole Dunton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Carol Newman writes about her life. The difficulty family she was surrounded by. Becoming the adult of the family when she was barely a teenager. Being discriminated against and violated for the sole purpose that she was a female. The various places she moved to as a kid. and being bullied in school. She covers it all.

It takes courage to sit down and write about your life. It takes courage and strength to take that and edit and publish it. I really admire Newman for having the strength and courage to do so. The book is not going to be for the faint hearted. There are quite a few triggering topics in the story. But it's a part of her life. Her filtering them out would not be genuine or true to the story at hand. It's a very deep and compelling story.

I really enjoyed the story itself, but I felt that it could have been read a bit better. The author narrates the story herself. I'd like to say that it was possibly hard for her to read all of this. I mean it really didn't take much out of the story if I'm being honest. The topics she brings up must have been hard enough to write about and relive. Much less taking the time to record it. Nobody else would have been able to tell this story but her. Written or vocal.

All in all, I really did enjoy this story very much. I admire the bravery of Newman for being able to take the time and relive some of the dark and happy moments of her life to share with the world. I wish I could meet with her to ask if she found the experience therapeutic at all. I wonder how many times she had to set it down because it was too hard to write. It's definitely worth the read.

[Deedra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinating story of this womans life nd how abuse shaped it. I found narration by the author rather monotone.
I was given this book by the narrator,author or publisher free for an honest review.

[Julia Simpson-Urrutia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Did you have a difficult childhood? Hard to understand parents? Then you will love Carol Newman's raw and witty confession of what life was like with her adorable but irresponsible Scottish mother and a father whose childhood bout with Scarlet Fever makes him prone to slugging employers in the face. Despite the very real love of her parents, they discount her as a female, as do all the perverts in the neighborhood and their obliging slave daughters. Newman tells as well about the changing culture of the Pacific Coast as she grew up. She depicts what it was like to be a young woman on a motorcycle before and in the summer of love and the expectancy of all the men she met to be obliging to their needs. This is a woman's book that enlightened men will appreciate, especially those with daughters.