The World’s Longest
Road Novel
in Stories
Three rootless generations
One family
147 stories and counting
Stand-alone short reads
Same characters
Everything is linked
Read from the beginning
These are stories featuring the first generation – Deborah Sawyer is a young Mormon missionary woman coming of age during the May 1968 uprising in France, and eventually breaking with her family and community to find her own path.
If you are into historical drama, start here in 1967 and follow the characters through the subsequent decades. First story:
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These are stories featuring the second generation – Deborah Sawyer’s daughter, Carrie, is living her own life, with husband and two children in Yuma, AZ in the 2010s.
If you resonate with family drama, special needs children and long dusty roads, this is a good place to jump on. You can start with this story or pick up the collection below:
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It contains a tight sequence of fully edited and updated linked short stories about the ‘second generation’ that read like a novel:
“In the sun-drenched border town of Yuma, Arizona, Carrie and Jon struggle to create stability for their sensitive son Michael, whose autism shapes his world through numbers, patterns, and acute fear of the dark. At the same time, their daughter Emma tries to find a way to protect herself from bullies in school as well as protecting her little brother. When Carrie’s controversial stepfather Marcus Chen extends a financial lifeline with troubling strings attached, the family’s delicate balance is threatened, drawing in Carrie’s well-meaning but overbearing mother Deborah.”
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Hi Chris, I too lived many years when painting or writing didn’t have a space to fit into my life…
Thanks, Kel – that means a lot to me. Especially since I know what you have been going through with…
Gosh Chris! I couldn’t help but tear up as I read of your struggles caring for your son and your…
I really like that way of describing it. Thank you!
I agree wholeheartedly – esp with the last sentence. 😌 Thanks for stopping by and sharing!