Slow Way Home: A Novel
Slow Way Home: A Novel
Michael Morris | HarperOne | 2003-10-01 | ISBN: 0060568984 | Pages: 288 | PDF | 1.0MB
Michael Morris | HarperOne | 2003-10-01 | ISBN: 0060568984 | Pages: 288 | PDF | 1.0MB
On the surface, Brandon Willard seems like your average eight-year-old boy. He loves his mama, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and G. I. Joe. But Brandon's life is anything but typical.
Wise beyond his years, Brandon understands he's the only one in this world he can count on. It's an outlook that serves him well the day his mama leaves him behind at the Raleigh bus station and sets off to Canada with "her destiny" – the latest man that she hopes will bring her happiness. The day his mother leaves, Brandon takes the first step toward shaping his own destiny. Soon he sends himself spending pleasant days playing with his cousins on his grandparents' farm and trying to forget the past. In the safety of that place, Brandon finally is able to trust the love of an adult to help iron out the wiry places until his nerves are as steady as any other boy'