The Road to Amazing
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Narrated by:
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Josh Hurley
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By:
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Brent Hartinger
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"I think gay guys like weddings more than anyone. And it's not because we want to destroy marriage, like some people say. It's because we really, really want to get married!"
Russel Middlebrook is gettin' hitched! The wedding is taking place in a remote lodge on an island in Puget Sound. Russel and his husband-to-be have invited all their close friends to spend the whole weekend together beforehand. And for the first time in his life, Russel is determined to not be neurotic, and not over-think things.
But that's before things start going wrong. Who expected a dead killer whale to wash up on the beach below the inn? And what's this about a windstorm approaching? Then there's the problem of Russel's anxious fiancé, who is increasingly convinced the whole thing is going to be a disaster.
Meanwhile, the wedding is taking place near the ruins of a small town, Amazing, where, a hundred years earlier, the people supposedly all disappeared overnight. Why does it feel like the secret at the end of the road to Amazing has something to do with Russel's own future? Can Russel's friends Min, Gunnar, Vernie, and Otto somehow help him make it all make sense?
The Road to Amazing, the final book in the Russel Middlebrook Futon Years trilogy, is a story about endings and beginnings, and also about growing up and growing older. But mostly it's a story about love and friendship - about how it's not the destination that makes a life amazing, but the people you meet along the way.
©2016 Brent Hartinger (P)2016 Audible, Inc.What listeners say about The Road to Amazing
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- Wide Eyes, Big Ears!
- 24-04-2022
Really satisfying and fun wedding weekend!
After 10 stop-and-start years, loveable neurotic Russel Middlebrook is finally marrying his hunky highschool sweetheart, Kevin. They’ve picked an idyllic beach setting on an island in the Puget Sound. Before the marriage ceremony, Russel and Kevin spend a few days with their close friends renting an old inn on the island and everything that can go wrong does. Russel and Kevin will have to examine their hopes and fears before the weekend is done and they’re not the only ones. Like one of Russel’s screenplays, this seemed more cinematic than real, there were just too many hilarious misfortunes! Underneath all the good-natured mayhem was a really great discussion about expectations vs. reality, how things are rarely perfect, and how, ultimately, that’s ok. Russel is finally growing up, he’s ready to stop living on a futon and carve out a solid life. I’ve enjoyed this 3-audiobook series and I can’t wait to listen to the original Russel Middlebrook series and the Otto Digmore series. Audio narrator Josh Hurley is incredibly good, he deserves a lot of credit for expertly polishing Russel’s neurotic thoughts, the great dialogue, and the gentle humour.
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