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Chargement... Driving Toward Destinypar Tim Scott
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Driving Toward Destiny: A Novel by Tim Scott is an engaging story about a young man at a crossroads in his life. Fresh out of college, Jack is frustrated with his life. The year is 1972 and unfortunately, the draft is happening, much to Jake's dismay. He makes a life-changing decision, one that will change his life and his thinking. He moves to Berlin, stays with an old friend, and soon buys a motorcycle. When things go bad where he is staying, he takes to the road and finally experiences his life firsthand, the way that envisioned. This is a down-to-earth novel and shows how sometimes there needs to be a radical change in your life in order to fulfill your dreams. A solid read and recommended. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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It's 1971, and Jack Higgins has just graduated from college. For him, it means the beginning of his adult life, but it also means he's eligible for the Vietnam draft. Jack is certain he will die if sent overseas but feels he has little control over the course of his life. His parents want him to interview for career-oriented jobs, just like his father, but this is not the life Jack seeks. In order to find his way--his own way--he must get away from his family and land on his own two feet. Jack leaves the United States and goes to live in Berlin with a college friend. He yearns to find out who he is and what path his life should take. Experience becomes Jack's teacher when he buys a BMW motorcycle and drives from Berlin to the south shore of Crete. To become his own man, he resolves his personal demons and faces challenges, all with the help of the open road. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Onto this easily recognizable stage Scott unfolds one very fine travelogue of Jack’s journey to Europe and his excursion to fascinating and meaningful places - ‘he leaves the US to stay with a college friend in Berlin. He learns about other young men who have gone on the same journey, like Siddhartha, which he studies with a philosophy student in the commune. He also finds his first romance with an older, but beautiful Frenchwoman in the commune. In the meantime, Jack's friend, an avid cyclist, talks him into buying a BMW motorcycle. But things fall apart at the commune and Jack has to use his bike to escape West Berlin and winds up taking a 4000km journey through Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia and Greece. By the time he gets to Aherns he has picked up some friends on the road, but he is drawn to the island of Crete where he feels he has a mystical destiny awaiting him.’ Returning to the US and after a year to remember, Higgins states, ‘So I drove into the future and let the past fade in the rearview mirror.’ Tim Scott has created an Everyman with whom we can all identify - the mark of a fine novel that is a promising beginning for Tim Scott! Highly recommended ( )