Celeste Gauthier Johnson
ALLi Author Member
Location: United States of America
Genres: Memoir, Travel Writing, Autobiography, Narrative Nonfiction
Celeste Gauthier Johnson has spent over forty years teaching reading and language arts to middle-schoolers. Her forte has always been working with struggling readers. She is currently a volunteer, working with adults with dyslexia. She has a Master of Arts degree in English from Assumption University in Worcester, Massachusetts. The narrative memoir about her husband, Barry, and his friend, Bobby also the co-author is her first published work.
Celeste Gauthier Johnson's books
Genres: Narrative Nonfiction, Memoir, General Nonfiction
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 18+
In the summer of 1972, the open road beckons best friends, nineteen-year-old Barry Johnson and twenty-year old Bobby Young. Carrying backpacks with the essentials and with only wit, grit, and a $100.00, their hitchhiking adventure begins. The story unfolds as a true coming-of-age saga. After a first failed attempt to hitchhike in the USA, they buy a bus ticked from Massachusetts to Montreal, and hitchhike on the Trans-Canada highway to Vancouver Island, staying in hostels along the way. On the road, they make new friends and immerse themselves in the awe-inspiring beauty of North America. Journeying home is no easy feat. After a harrowing experience hitchhiking in the USA, they resort to hopping trains to get home. Martin Goodman captures the story best in one sentence: This book “beautifully blends nostalgia, danger, humor, and soul-searching, showing how one summer can shape an entire lifetime.”