The Road, by Cormac McCarthy

We will be meeting to discuss The Road by Cormac McCarthy. This looks to be a fantastic book for a discussion and I hope to see you all at our next meet up. Once again, we will be meeting at Borders in Bridgewater and I plan for us to meet in the "AUDIOBOOKS" section. This seems to be the area of greatest convenience to the staff there. Please feel free to e-mail me with any questions that you may have. Below you will see a synopsis of the book. Hope to see you there!! Jenn The Road By Cormac McCarthy 287 pages A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they donÂÂ't know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged foodÂÂ-and each other. The Road is the profoundly moving story of a journey. It boldly imagines a future in which no hope remains, but in which the father and his son, ÂÂ"each the otherÂÂ's world entire,ÂÂ" are sustained by love. Awesome in the totality of its vision, it is an unflinching meditation on the worst and the best that we are capable of: ultimate destructiveness, desperate tenacity, and the tenderness that keeps two people alive in the face of total devastation.