Breakfast at the Exit Cafe Travels Through America |
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Author:
| Grady, Wayne Simonds, Merilyn |
ISBN: | 978-1-55365-826-9 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2011 |
Publisher: | Greystone Books Ltd.
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $16.95 |
Book Description:
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Breakfast at the Exit Cafébegins as a personal story, told in alternating voices by two veteran writer/travelers, of a road trip from British Columbia around the rim of the United States. For Grady, whose forebears were slaves who came to Canada in the 1870s, it becomes a journey through fear of racism and violence into his own family roots in the American Deep South. For Simonds, who grew up a lonely Canadian in the American School of Campinas, Brizil, it becomes a journey...
More Description Breakfast at the Exit Cafébegins as a personal story, told in alternating voices by two veteran writer/travelers, of a road trip from British Columbia around the rim of the United States. For Grady, whose forebears were slaves who came to Canada in the 1870s, it becomes a journey through fear of racism and violence into his own family roots in the American Deep South. For Simonds, who grew up a lonely Canadian in the American School of Campinas, Brizil, it becomes a journey into the heart of the ex-pat promised land, the nation of the American Dream.
As Grady and Simonds travel against the tide of American History, they experience the splendors of the Mojave Desert, the Grand Canyon, the Mississippi River, and the bayou’s of Louisiana and the Outer Banks and contemplate the impact of geography on culture and of culture on landscape. They observe America from the outside, yet feel strangely at home.
As serendipitous as the trip itself,Breakfast at the Exit Caféis part travelogue, part exploration, part mid-winter love story, told with wit and acuity and frequent side trips into fascinating nooks of history, geography, and literature.