Product Overview
The Ride of Our Lives is the humorous yet deeply moving account of NBC journalist Mike Leonards cross-country odyssey with his eccentric parents, three grown children, and a daughter-in-law. Full of ups and downs, laughs and tears, the month-long journey becomes a much larger tale of hope, persistence, and valuable lessons learned along the way. A celebration of the ties between parents and children, as well as the unforgettable community of people one can meet across America, The Ride of Our Lives is an inspiring narrative of self-discovery and self-fulfillmentand how one unique family found blessings and simple pleasures on the road called life.
Touching, hilarious . . . should be required reading in every family.
Tom Brokaw
Poignant moments of questions and discovery, of truth-telling and memories.
The Charlotte Observer
Often laugh-out-loud funny and sometimes heartbreakingly sad.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Delightful.
Chicago Tribune
Heartfelt and whimsical . . . a cross-country trek through lifes lessons . . . Mike Leonard is a storyteller at heart, and each anecdote . . . punctuates the familys love, struggles, and triumphs. In short, this is one ride worth taking.
Rocky Mountain News
