{"product_id":"the-longest-way-home-one-mans-quest-for-the-courage-to-settle-down-9781451667509","title":"The Longest Way Home: One Man's Quest for the Courage to Settle Down","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A soulful and searching book. Vibrant and elegant...McCarthy's prose shines with intelligence and intimacy. One feels pulled along...the book gaining momentum and meaning page by page\" (Cheryl Strayed, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith absorbing honesty and an irrepressible taste for adventure, award-winning travel writer and actor Andrew McCarthy takes us on a deeply personal journey played out amid some of the world's most evocative locales. Unable to commit to his fiancée of nearly four years--and with no clear understanding of what's holding him back--McCarthy finds himself at a crossroads, plagued by doubts that have clung to him for a lifetime. Though he ventures from the treacherous slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro to an Amazonian riverboat and the dense Costa Rican rain forests, McCarthy's real journey is one of the spirit. Disarmingly likable, McCarthy isn't afraid to bare his soul on the page, and what emerges is an intimate memoir of self-discovery and an unforgettable love song to the woman who would be his wife.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince starring in movies like \u003ci\u003ePretty in Pink, St Elmo's Fire, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Less Than Zero\u003c\/i\u003e, Andrew McCarthy has become a director, an award-winning travel writer, and a bestselling author. He has directed more than eighty hours of television, including \u003ci\u003eOrange Is the New Black\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Blacklist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGossip Girl, \u003c\/i\u003e and many others. For a dozen years he served as editor at large at \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic Traveler\u003c\/i\u003e and his award-winning travel writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Longest Way Home\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJust Fly Away\u003c\/i\u003e, and most recently a memoir, \u003ci\u003eBrat\u003c\/i\u003e, all \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50644551762194,"sku":"9781451667509","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_802dc480-03f7-4ac6-94ce-1af0705752f2.jpg?v=1733114601","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-longest-way-home-one-mans-quest-for-the-courage-to-settle-down-9781451667509","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}