The Longest Trip Home, (Paperback)

from booksandbosox

I definitely enjoyed the first half of this book much more than the second. The stories from Grogan's childhood were far more interesting to me than his struggles with faith or the conflicts this caused between himself and his parents. A bit self-indulgent (there's really nothing all that special...

from OccassionalRead

There's hardly any mention of Marley in The Longest Trip Home. M&M was an autobiographical slice of Grogan's life - a 12 year period when he was newly married and started a family. In TLTH he goes Big Picture, and starts from the beginning until his father's death shortly before the publication o...

from loubigfish

The title had me thinking of John leaving his faith and then coming back to embrace it. Was I caught off guard. The book was about his life growing up and maturing into an adult. His passions and thoughts were reviewed and enjoyablely noted. Heartwarming and comical yet never made that crossover ...

from whitreidtan

Well-known for his heartwarming and charming book about his mischievious, entertaining, and wholely unrepentant dog, Marley, in Marley and Me, Grogan has written an equally charming story about his childhood and coming of age as a son in The Longest Road Home. Growing up in suburban Detroit to d...

from SqueakyChu

John Grogan has done it again. He's written a book that is sure to cause others to laugh and cry. I liked this book a wee bit less than Marley and Me, but not that much less. Grogan writes, not only about his life, but about common themes in everyone's lives. The most notable theme, was his stric...