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Going West, Going Broke, Finding Home
Voice
March 2011
On Sale: March 8, 2011
256 pages
ISBN: 1401341462
EAN: 9781401341466
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
"A redemptive story of how Caitlin Shetterly and her
passionately devoted husband fought life to a draw in their
coast-to-coast-to-coast odyssey. Kerouac would be proud. In
fact he might be envious."
--Peter Davis, Academy Award-winning director of Hearts and
Minds Newlywed Caitlin Shetterly and her husband, Dan Davis, two
hardworking freelancers, began their lives together in 2008
by pursuing a lifelong, shared dream of leaving Maine and
going West. At first, California was the land of plenty.
Quickly, though, the recession landed, and a surprise
pregnancy that was also surprisingly rough made Caitlin too
sick to work. By December, every job Dan had lined up had
been canceled, and though he pounded the pavement, from shop
to shop and from bar to bar, he could not find any work at
all. By March 2009, every cent of the couple's savings had
been spent. So, a year after they'd set out with big plans, Caitlin and
Dan packed up again, this time with a baby on board, to make
their way home to move in with Caitlin's mother. As they
drove, Caitlin blogged about their situation and created
audio diaries for NPR's Weekend Edition--and received an
astounding response. From all across the country, listeners
offered help, opening their hearts and their homes. And when
the young family arrived back in rural Maine and squeezed
into Caitlin's mother's small saltbox house, Caitlin learned
that the bonds of family run deeper than any tug to roam,
and that, with love, she and Dan could hold their dreams in
sight, wherever they were. Made for You and Me captures the irrepressible spirit and
quiet perseverance of one small family--and offers to share
that strength with any reader willing to make the journey.
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