Miles to Go

by Richard Paul Evans

The Walk (2)

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A vicious roadside attack has interrupted Alan's trek and robbed him of his one source of solace: the ability to walk. When a mysterious woman enters his life and invites him into her home, Alan realizes he must help her with her journey before he can return to his own.

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Alan Christoffersen, a once-successful advertising executive, wakes one morning to find himself injured, alone, and confined to a hospital bed in Spokane, Washington. Sixteen days earlier, reeling from the sudden loss of his wife, his home, and his business, Alan left everything he knew behind and set off on the cross-country journey of a lifetime. But a vicious roadside stabbing interrupted Alan’s trek and robbed him of his one source of solace: the ability to walk. Homeless and facing months of difficult recovery, Alan has nowhere to turn—until a mysterious woman enters his life and invites him into her home.
Taking up where THE WALK left off, Alan, a once successful executive who has lost his wife, his home and his business decided to "walk". Carrying only a backpack, he planned to walk from Seattle to Key West, but in Spokane, Washington he was victim of a vicious roadside stabbing that robbed him of his one source of solace: the ability to walk.
Homeless and facing months of recovery, a mysterious woman enters his life. Angel needs Alan as much as he needs her. This is the second book of Alan's journey.
Book two in a series about a guy walking cross country after the death of his wife and loss of his business and house. Alan Christofferson gets stabbed and after leaving the hospital recovers in the home of a woman whom he had helped earlier the day he was stabbed. The beginning reminded me of Stephen King's Misery, but it changed into something different. Alan is a tortured soul travelling and saving others along the way.

Nothing super compelling for me. Just okay.
I enjoyed the second in the series. It, like all of R,P Evans books, is an easy and fast read. I kept thinking, though, if he only gets this far for each book, how many book will it take for him to get to Key West?
A man trying to recover from his wife's death decides to go on a journey walking across the country. He is mugged after a few hundred miles and plans change as he has to recuperate from his severe wounds. He gets help from a young woman who witnessed the crime.
This is the second “journal” in Alan Christofferson’s journey. Sixteen days into his cross-country walk Alan wakes up in a hospital bed after a roadside stabbing. An eclectic group of people help Alan on his road to recovery, and although he does not get as far on his walk as he had anticipated, this stop helps him on his personal journey.

This book is an excellent second installment to the series and I am looking forward to reading more about Alan’s walk in future books.
Second in the installment and just as enjoyable. Alan Christofferson moves in with Angel, who helps him get back on his feet. When he realizes all is not right and tries to find out more, she shuts him down causing him to pack up to leave. When angel realizes he is going to leave her, she breaks down and things change between them, enabling them to help one another. When he finally leaves to continue his walk, he encounters a homeless girl named Kailamai who walks with him for several days. Again, he is in the right place at the right time. Truly an inspirational series and I can't wait to get to the next one.Second in the installment and just as enjoyable. Alan Christofferson moves in with Angel, who helps him get back on his feet. show more When he realizes all is not right and tries to find out more, she shuts him down causing him to pack up to leave. When angel realizes he is going to leave her, she breaks down and things change between them, enabling them to help one another. When he finally leaves to continue his walk, he encounters a homeless girl named Kailamai who walks with him for several days. Again, he is in the right place at the right time. Truly an inspirational series and I can't wait to get to the next one. show less

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This leg of the Walk series is brisker and, thankfully, less didactic than the last.
Apr 5, 2011
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Richard Paul Evans is an American author, born in Utah in 1962. He earned his B.A. at the University of Utah. He previously worked as an advertising executive. His first story was a Christmas story written for his children. He self-published it with the title, The Christmas Box. It became a New York Times bestseller, and was made into a television show more movie. He has written over 31 bestsellers. Timepiece, The Locket, and A Perfect Day were made into television movies. His awards include the American Mothers Book Award, two first place Storytelling World Awards, The Romantic Times Best Women's Novel of the Year Award, the German leserpreis Gold Award for Romance and three RCC Wilbur Awards. In December 2016, The Mistletoe Secret became a New York Times Bestseller. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Canonical title
Miles to Go
People/Characters
Alan Christoffersen; McKale Christoffersen; Nicole; Falene; Kailamai
Important places
Spokane, Washington, USA; Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, USA; Kellogg, Idaho, USA; Missoula, Montana, USA; Butte, Montana, USA; Yellowstone National Park, USA (show all 8); Cody, Wyoming, USA; Custer, South Dakota, USA
Dedication
To Karen Christofferson
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Before I could speak, she said,"I've been looking for you for weeks."
Original language
English

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Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Christian Fiction
DDC/MDS
813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999
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PS3555 .V259 .M55Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-
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