2013 BOOK OF THE YEAR Award from the Chicago Writers Association for nontraditional nonfiction. "Berner drives his reader far beyond the father-son road trip, seamlessly navigating the often-convoluted roads of memory and expectation to earnestly examine questions of what it means to be his father's son...and the father of sons. Honest, raw, shameless. If ON THE ROAD is for a generation lost, ANY ROAD WILL TAKE YOU THERE is for a generation looking to be found." -Janna Marlies Maron, Editor & Publisher, Under the Gum Tree ...
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2013 BOOK OF THE YEAR Award from the Chicago Writers Association for nontraditional nonfiction. "Berner drives his reader far beyond the father-son road trip, seamlessly navigating the often-convoluted roads of memory and expectation to earnestly examine questions of what it means to be his father's son...and the father of sons. Honest, raw, shameless. If ON THE ROAD is for a generation lost, ANY ROAD WILL TAKE YOU THERE is for a generation looking to be found." -Janna Marlies Maron, Editor & Publisher, Under the Gum Tree "ANY ROAD WILL TAKE YOU THERE expertly navigates the twists and turns of fatherhood with humor, vulnerability, and grace. We are in good hands with Berner at the wheel." -Scott Whitehair, Chicago's This Much is True "David examines the issues that entangle father and sons by undertaking a Jack Kerouac inspired road trip with his two sons and a best friend. Long a fan of Kerouac's iconic novel ON THE ROAD, Berner began to write this book in the very house where Kerouac once lived and wrote. I met Berner in this house when he was the writer in residence at what is now the famed Kerouac Project in Orlando, Florida. Here, Kerouac's spirit inspired Berner to complete his manuscript. His readings of excerpts at various events were always wonderful and a little tease for the great stories told in ANY ROAD WILL TAKE YOU THERE." -Mike Robinson, The Jack Kerouac Project, Orlando, FL A father sets out on a 5000-mile road trip, the one he never had the guts to take as a young man, the one he hopes will spark a new chapter in his life. But the once-delayed journey now takes on new meaning when he's forced to confront his family's unsettled past, and face the reality that every man, including his own two sons, will eventually compare his life with the fathers who came before him. Chicago writer, David W. Berner, takes to the road for a journey he hopes will rekindle a level of inspiration. After re-reading Jack Kerouac's ON THE ROAD, the iconic American road trip story and the book he cherished as a teenager, he finds himself confronting an unexpected examination of his place in the world and the most important role of his life - fatherhood. ANY ROAD WILL TAKE YOU THERE: A Journey of Fathers and Sons is a heartwarming and heartbreaking story told with humor and grace, revealing the generational struggles and triumphs of being a dad, and the beautiful but imperfect ties that connect all of us.
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