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The book is like a stay-at-home adventure, with all the excitement but none of the hardship.
Mariner Books
June 2004
256 pages
ISBN: 0618446621
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Contemporary
"Part travelogue . . . part meditation on the meaning of
home" (Wall Street Journal), Braving Home introduces
readers to some of modern America's most unusual,
unforgettable pioneers. The cub reporter Jake Halpern --
dubbed the Bad Homes Correspondent by his colleagues --
sets out on a journey to some of the most unforgiving
locales in America. He wanted to understand the people who
live there -- and more importantly why they refuse to
leave. What results is an irresistible portrait of
outlandish places and their most loyal residents. Meet a
firefighting hillbilly in Malibu; a video store clerk who
lives in a snowbound high-rise in Alaska; a hermit whose
house in Hawaii, formerly an inn, is entirely surrounded by
molten lava.Written in an infectious style and
with "swashbuckling spirit" (Christian Science Monitor),
Braving Home is an affectionate and affecting tale
of rootedness in America.
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