{"product_id":"what-remains-memoir-of-an-old-man-on-the-road-9781737699514","title":"What Remains Memoir of an Old Man on the Road","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"What Remains\" is an intense first-person road book, travel in the extreme - old man, old \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emotorcycle, three thousand miles of old broken roads. Mountains and deserts and small town \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerica, three hundred potholed miles at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOut of the way characters in the empty places where they hack out an existence. The grit and \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egrace it takes to get by, the natural beauty that revives the old guy's affection for people as\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e they are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat it takes to get old too, sunburn and ache at the end of the day, nothing left but the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eattention he brings to himself and the folks having dinner at the next table. The hard-won \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eclarity that comes with solitude and exhaustion, the glacial attrition of age and decline - body, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebrainpan, capacity to dream. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"What Remains\" is a present tense account of an old man's quest out beyond the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e mate seeking and resume building and family raising that dominate the mid-section of life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow to navigate loss and diminishment, the dark certainty of death? It is a journey that \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereignites a sense of adventure about aging itself, the ingredients of a rich and passionate \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elife.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll this and that distracting crash in Death Valley.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOtterbacher, John Otterbacher:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - When John Otterbacher talks about living out beyond your fears, he is speaking from experience. He has lived a life of extension and adventure; years in a monastery, several motorcycle tours of American, a doctorate in clinical psychology, an eight-year stint as a state representative and senator, a solo sail across the Atlantic. The heart attacks could have sidelined him, the grim prognosis. Instead of retiring to The couch, John spent a year rebuilding his health and the family sailboat, Grace. Then he and Barbara took their two youngest children on a six-year, 30,000 family odyssey that included 4 more Atlantic crossings. Their story, chronicled in his book, Sailing Grace, has been honored as Best New Non-fiction Book by the National Indie Excellence Awards and as a finalist for Best Book Award by USA Book News. John is a sought-after speaker on the role of attitude in resilience. He divides his time between consulting with clients and writing, most recently completing a travel memoir entitled What Remains.","brand":"Samadhi Press, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50533914738962,"sku":"9781737699514","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4abc2b34-8fc9-4662-83fd-2d6ea77776a6.jpg?v=1731415320","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/what-remains-memoir-of-an-old-man-on-the-road-9781737699514","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}