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Henriette n'a pas que son prénom de décalé. Elle a aussi un look original bien à elle et un vrai talent créatif d'architecte d'intérieur, qu'elle ne mesure pas vraiment, trop souvent occupée à douter d'elle-même. Car derrière la façade de jeune professionnelle douée, elle cache une peur inavouable...

At any age, in any age, we could all fall by the highway of life. Charlie and Angel are two such teenagers who break the monotony of their foster home life by breaking into houses. When a burglary goes wrong, they escape in a stolen van along the Great Central Road. What follows, just as they are beginning find somewhere to belong, is murder and a ruthless international crime syndicate.

The year is 1977. Three teenagers drive along an Indiana back road, heading home away from the highway, away from prying eyes and traffic cops. One behind the driver's wheel, two in the back seat sampling the merchandise that could get them all jailed. And then, as the car careens beneath a black sky lit only by a million stars, they see it. Something in the sky, something large and close and beckoning with its strangeness.

I am tempted to list this book as "unclassifiable". Probably should. On the surface, it's about an old guy and a young guy hiking the John Muir Trail, which is something I have done 35 times. I love it. The old guy and the young guy are searching for a missing hiker. While searching, the old guy attempts to teach the young guy about what it means to be a man.