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featuring the writings of Virginia Tolles

Tales Along the Way Home
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Meet Kristen Lawrence. The tall, titan-haired career woman has denied herself a personal life in favor of econometric formulas and models. Now, an unexpected cross-country drive home from a conference pens her in a minivan with her colleagues and, in particular, with the angry widower, Frank Randolph. As the miles roll away, the bud of a relationship begins to blossom for these two lonely souls.
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Tales Along the Way Home is, at once, a study in personalities and a lesson in Americana. It is colorful. It is highly emotional. Most of all, it is heartwarming as the colleagues, who began the trip as virtual strangers, become a family as they discover themselves, one another, and the country that they all call home.
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Available as an e-book on Amazon.
ASIN : B006LD745Y
Reviews:
This book was an excellent read. I have learned so much about American history covering the area the group traveled. I found the facts relating to 9/11 very moving and learnt things about that terrible day that we did not really know about in Britain. The rapport between the travellers was amusing yet in parts very moving. They had worked together for some time, yet did not really know each other or even themselves.
The author certainly knows how to hold a reader's interest. As I read, I could visualise places I have never seen. I could feel the heat and dust. I thoroughly recommend this to anyone who has an interest in American history, yet at the same time enjoys a good story about people and how certain events can change their lives. I am sure the author must have travelled this route as only someone who has been there could so descriptive. Brilliant. I will be reading again.
-- Jean G.
​​Tales Along the Way Home is a journey you won't want to miss. You will share the camaraderie of the travelers and experience the anxieties they feel as they head toward home to meet the problems that have invaded their comfortable lives. Virginia has captured the travelogue settings, the joys, fears, and anxieties of the characters and gives you a book you are bound to enjoy reading.
​ -- Jeanette C.​​​​​​​