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Paul Marino is cleaning out his father's garage in Pine Mountain and runs across items that remind him of a conflict that haunted his relationship with his father. Tim and Shannon, friends who are helping him clean up, ask about one of the items. This frame story transports us back over 38 years, to 1971, when Paul was a teen. That year he had to travel with his family to Maine (from California) for a funeral. 
Joseph and Anne Marino take their children, Paul and Sarah, to the funeral of Joseph's father, also named Paul Marino. While there, they visit the famed "Chocolate Chip Creek", mentioned in "The Pearls of the Stone Man", and other boyhood haunts of Joseph. After the funeral, Joseph discovers that Paul has inherited a 1948 Chevrolet Woodie station wagon, and Joseph and Paul decide to drive it across the United States to bring it home.
Too much conflict has clouded their relationship to this point. The drive across the country provides moments of drama, comedy and poignant interaction as the two try to forge a new relationship. Unfortunately, a climactic event strains them further.
At the end of the book the reader is transported back to the present, in Pine Mountain. The reader discovers how Paul renews his love for his father long after he has died. This is a story about father and son relationships. The frame, or fore, story, continues the plot of the frame story of "The Pearls of the Stone Man". It is recommended that the reader know that story prior to starting this one, though it is not absolutely necessary. “A riveting and complex novel...poignant and highly recommended. 5 stars.”
"A powerful portrayal of life as it exists today."
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The Journey of the Stone Man - Edward Mooney, Jr.  Champion Press - ISBN COMING SOON |