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| The Ride of Our Lives by Mike Leonard Random House NY 2006 Airs August 31 thru September 21, 2006 |
Mike Leonard is a lucky man. It’s not everyone who gets parents like Jack and
Marge. But what was their son Mike thinking about when he took a sabbatical
from his job with NBC News so he could pile his parents, his grown kids, and a
daughter-in-law into a pair of rented RVs and hit the road for a month?
Mike was thinking that he wanted to give his parents the ultimate family reunion.
And so, one February morning, three generations of Leonards set out on their
journey under the dazzling Arizona sky.
In the course of their humorous, often poignant cross-country tour, from the
desert Southwest to the New England coastline, the Leonards reminisce about
their loves, their losses and their rich and heartwarming (and sometimes
heartbreaking) lives, while encountering a veritable Greek chorus of roadside
characters along the way. Through it all, Mike pieces together a century of family
lore and lunacy - and discovers surprising sides to his parents that allow him to
see them in a whole new light.
(Mike Leonard has captivated millions of television viewers with his wry and witty
feature stories for NBC’s Today.)
Marge. But what was their son Mike thinking about when he took a sabbatical
from his job with NBC News so he could pile his parents, his grown kids, and a
daughter-in-law into a pair of rented RVs and hit the road for a month?
Mike was thinking that he wanted to give his parents the ultimate family reunion.
And so, one February morning, three generations of Leonards set out on their
journey under the dazzling Arizona sky.
In the course of their humorous, often poignant cross-country tour, from the
desert Southwest to the New England coastline, the Leonards reminisce about
their loves, their losses and their rich and heartwarming (and sometimes
heartbreaking) lives, while encountering a veritable Greek chorus of roadside
characters along the way. Through it all, Mike pieces together a century of family
lore and lunacy - and discovers surprising sides to his parents that allow him to
see them in a whole new light.
(Mike Leonard has captivated millions of television viewers with his wry and witty
feature stories for NBC’s Today.)
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