Finding Nebraska: A Short Story

De: Christian Galacar

Narrado por: Joshua Needham

From the author of Cicada Spring....

Sometimes the wheel of life doesn't spin in your favor, and sometimes there's nothing you can do about it. Brian Lethando knows this firsthand. His mother left him when he was only two years old, and his father died shortly after of a heroin overdose. 20 years later, when the woman who took Brian in and raised him as her own son begins to suffer the effects of Alzheimer's, the two of them set out on one last road trip to discover the true meaning of the word family.

©2015 Christian Galacar (P)2017 Christian Galacar

A Very Touching Story

I was voluntarily provided this review copy audiobook at no charge by the author, publisher and/or narrator.
This short but well-written novel touches the heartstrings of our hearts. The agony of having to deal with a deteriorating mind, becomes the agony of many, not only the person afflicted by the symptoms. The parallels dramas that the protagonist, Brian Lethando has to face in a hopeful and dreaded trip looking for his natural mother who abandoned him when he was only 2 years old, becomes his chance of spending precious time with his adoptive mother who is dealing with the first signs of Alzheimer. Facing a new rejection by a mother who never wanted him, Brian's love for his true mother shines in what might be their last adventure.

A heartwarming short story

I really enjoyed this short story. In only 45 minutes there were many different emotions and up and downs. I really enjoyed a lot about this book!

I was given this Audiobook for free in exchange for my honest review.

that's life but it's okay

such a short story so much emotions and yet I couldn't see holes in the story when I'm reading a short story I'm used to holes in the story I was waiting for something to go wrong with the story something to be missing but I couldn't find it I really like the story life is difficult but you can handle it this is what the story told me that's life but it's okay the narrator was good his voice was clear and enjoyable

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So much heartbreak

This short story is heavily emotional. Little is as devastating or cruel as Alzheimer's. And as emotional as his reunion with his mother is, it's the Alzheimer's that sticks with me. Especially considering the interaction between the themes of this disease and of the significance of being a parent. The tension leading up to meeting the birth mother was palpable and how it played out is not like any parent child reunion I've ever read.

This was not an easy listen, but it was a rewarding one.

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Finding Nebraska

Family isn't necessarily defined by blood. When Brian has the opportunity to meet his birth mother, he and his adoptive mother take a road trip. This is their story.

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