The Road Home

By: Jim Harrison

Narrated by: Christian Baskous, Mark Bramhall, Stacey Glemboski, Andrew Eiden, Jane Oppenheimer

The Road Home lies in the shadows of Manifest Destiny and Wounded Knee; it is etched into the landscape of an old man’s memory and into the stubborn dreams of a young man’s heart.

In one of Jim Harrison’s greatest works, five members of the Northridge family narrate the tangled epic of their history on the expanses of the Nebraska plains. They strive to understand their fates, to reconcile with demons of the past, to live in accordance with the land, and to die with grace.

As the family grapples with the mysterious forces that both pull them apart and draw them inextricably back together, they must come to term with life’s greatest and hardest lessons: the deception of passion, the pain of love, the vitality of art, and the supplication to nature’s generosity and fury.

©1998 Jim Harrison (P)2021 Blackstone Publishing

Good writing - Ok Story

I liked the overall writing of the book, but not so much about the story. His fascination with Lakotas is little be exaggerated and sometimes quite annoying.

Jim Harrison’s story telling

I love hearing Jim Harrison’s books. The stories are often convoluted but always find their way back!

Very worthwhile read.

I loved absolutely everything about this book. It is written with such regard for every character, so detailed as to provide intimate knowledge of self. With the introduction of the next character the reader gets the perspective from an external point of view. Beautifully written and narrated.

Good story but …

I enjoyed the story and characters but it was a little bit too much of a downer for me.

Properly ties up Dalva’s story

I had read this book in print years ago. I enjoyed this audiobook so much. TRH is color commentary to DALVA which I read every couple years. All these characters are so rich and worth listening to. However, I won’t reread this every time I reread DALVA.