This offbeat memoir recounts the odyssey of a sixtyyearold mother and herseventeenyearold son who hit the road for his junior year. In August 2002the pair left ... » 

This offbeat memoir recounts the odyssey of a sixtyyearold mother and herseventeenyearold son who hit the road for his junior year. In August 2002the pair left St. Louis in a 1987 Volkswagen van to wander up the Mississippiinto Canada across to Newfoundland down through New England deep intosouthern Mexico ending their journey in the high country of Colorado. Thisprovocative tale of foibles and family astonishment missteps and magicalmoments challenges preconceptions about education freedom and necessities fora good life. By turns funny poignant and heartwarming Learn As We GoRoadschooling My Son is about a young man on the brink of adulthood peeringinto the world and a mother insisting on doing his schooling her way. It isalso about survival relative sanity and compassion in very close quarters.Most of all it is about having a great time no matter where the road leads. «