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One wrong turn, two massive egos, and six hundred miles of highway. This isn’t exactly how I pictured my career taking off. But when a cocky, grumpy, infuriatingly gorgeous CEO slams the door on my game-changing pitch, I decide to take matters into my own hands.

A big-hearted, hilarious tale of forgiveness, hope and acceptance, reminding us that there is no road map to life.

Road Trip is a collection of autobiographical essays that honor the places, people, and other living creatures that have given shape and meaning to one man's life. Framed by essays about the life and death of loved ones, the book explores the importance of family, friendship, and what it means to care for another human being. Above all, Road Trip is about transformations that happen in ways we may not always understand or welcome - it's about travelling down unknown and unexpected roads with good humor, generosity, and a spirit of adventure.

Espiritud Soledad, toiling for justice for her native people and who weeps for the lost girls of the Navajo reservation and fears growing old alone but loves practicing law out of the back office of a desert diner. Dr. Tomas Hotone, Espiritud’s former boyfriend, who made it big in Atlanta before launching a road trip in his Ferrari and maybe, rekindling an old romance. A good cop who fights for justice and a bad cop who fights for what he can get. Waitresses, cooks, truck drivers, and the other colorful characters who populate any good road trip and make it memorable.

Aging Herb’s charmed life with his dear wife, Susan, in their Key West house is coming undone. Susan now needs constant care, and Herb is in denial about his own ailing health. The one bright spot is the arrival of an endlessly optimistic manicurist calling herself Renee. She sings to Susan during manicures, gets her to paint, and brings her a sense of contentment. But then Herb and Susan’s adult children arrive to stage an intervention on their stubborn, independent father, and as a consequence, Renee’s gig with Susan—and her grand plans for her own life—start to unravel as well.