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The Way Home

by George Pelecanos
Read by Dion Graham

     

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.

The Book

Hachette Audio
May 2009
Unabridged Audio Book / 8 CDs
978-1-60024-731-6
Mystery
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Excerpt
NOTE: Contains graphic violence, profanity, sexual situations. African American Interests

The Reviewer

Jo Rogers
Reviewed 2009
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