Joyride: A Son's Unlikely Journey to His Mother's Heart

by Craig David Forrest

Book Overview

Joyride is a heartwarming memoir of how a young man reconnects with his journalist mother both before and after her death through the archives of her weekly newspaper columns.

Author Craig Forrest's life in print began when he was only five years old. His mother, Libby, wrote a humor column in the local newspaper in America's oldest seashore resort town, Cape May, New Jersey. Craig and his brother, Keith, became frequent subjects of their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 059533816X
• ISBN13: 9780595338160
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

I shared the Paddle.

It was great to find that Craig had written the book that only he could. I was lucky to be the "Bill" mentioned in the part of the book describing the Paddle across the Delaware Bay. [...] Craig's book is very inspirational and highly recommended.

Stupendous Memoir With Resonating Feeling and Love

I'm floored by this beautiful story of a son who learns lessons from his mother by reading her newspaper columns. Undoubtly, author Forrest knows exactly when and how to paint a narritive of tradjedy and love at the same time. I'm continually haunted by this book, because I've never quite understood my relationship with my mother and only after I read Joyride was I able to understand that life can be happy and sad and still hold the greatest meaning of all which is love. Forrest is a wonderful writer and his relationship with his mother is nothing less than amazing. I will reccomend this book to everyone ecspecially someone that is having trouble with the death of a loved one. This book will certainly make you laugh out loud and cry, but it's forever a ride of a life time.!

A Journey Worth Reading!

I could not put "Joyride: A Son's Unlikely Journey to His Mother's Heart" down until I read it all. A story of a young man finding his mother again, thru her wonderfully funny and insightful stories she wrote each week about her family and friends in a column she called Joyride. She wrote hundreds of columns in her lifetime. The story of the journey takes you in; you experience all the emotional ups and downs. You are there with the family. There a very few writers that can transport you into their reality, and Craig Forrest does it very well. The book is a tale of truth, tragedy and hope, the inspirational journey of a young man. I highly recommend it! Ann Kane

Incredible Story, Inspiring...Funny too.

Wow, great book. I just decided to give it a try and...it really moved me. Heartwarming, adventure, good life lessons and really funny. Unbeleivable story! I'm amazed, a real winner. Forrest's book keeps you reading. I don't want to let you know anything but there's a real twist at the end. Good job.