Mother, Nature av Jedidiah Jenkins

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<p><b>A contemplative and poignant memoir from the bestselling author of <i>To Shake the Sleeping Self</i>. </b><br><br>When his mother, Barbara, turned 70, Jedidiah Jenkins was reminded of a sobering reality: our parents won''t live forever. For years, he and his mother, Barbara, had talked about taking a trip together, just the two of them. They landed on an idea: retrace the thousands of miles Barbara trekked with Jedidiah''s father as part of the "Walk Across America" that became a sensation in the 1970s. And they would do it, as Barbara said, "Before an earthquake or asteroid destroys the world."<br><br>From New Orleans to the Oregon coast, listening to podcasts about serial killers- the only media they could agree on - they relived the trek that changed Barbara''s life. Jenkins revisits who she was as a 30-year-old writer walking across America; who she was later, as a wife scorned by infidelity; and now, as a parent who loves her son while holding on to a faith that sees his sex