This is the story of Thomas Flynn and his family and how wrong choices can tear a family apart.
Thomas began his working life as a police officer. It didn't take long for him to realize that
police work was not for him. He soon learned the craft of installing carpet and flooring. With
his wife, Amanda, he opened his own business. While Thomas handled the sales and installations
with ease and confidence, he has no head for finances. Wisely, he left that end of the business
to Amanda.
The only sour note in the song of Thomas Flynn's life is his son, Chris. Although Thomas and
Amanda taught their son the right way to live, Chris still ended up in jail. He'd been in
trouble so often, he and Thomas never spoke. Now, he was in prison, and he hadn't learned a
thing except how to survive in prison.
By the time Chris left that facility, he hadn't any more idea how to live his life than when
he'd gone in. He only knew he never wanted to go back. Chris got a job with his father,
installing carpets. He brought a friend from prison along with him, a big, black man named Ben.
All went smoothly until Chris and Ben found a duffel bag filled with cash.
The Way Home is positive proof that your past will come back to haunt you. Chris and
Ben were doing a great job of living down their past until men from the prison dropped dropped
back into their lives. Well written, it keeps your attention until the end. Even though the
present-day crime doesn't occur until the middle of the book, the process of getting there is
absorbing. The end is hauntingly realistic. You'll remember it long after you finish listening.
I will listen again.