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This Van Could Be Your Life

By: Mishka Shubaly
Narrated by: Mishka Shubaly
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Summary

From the bestselling author of The Long Run comes an emotional and adventurously funny true story of a man, a van, and a family on an epic journey of rediscovering what matters most.

It’s been a rough time for Mishka Shubaly and the women in his family. In a failed quest for something stable, they’ve all arrived at a crossroads. Divorce, unemployment, eviction, addiction, sobriety, an abusive marriage, grief, homelessness, breakups, and abandonment. Can Mishka, still single, self-doubting, and on the lost side of forty, help? Maybe. He’s got the idiotic idea of a pilgrimage from Southern California to northern Saskatchewan for a family reunion. Eight troupers in all. And so sisters, nieces, nephews, and mom (armed with a bulletproof positive attitude) pile into Mishka’s 1976 shag-carpeted Chevy van. It’s a little wounded itself but raring to go.

With four thousand miles of road ahead of them, Mishka steers headlong on a journey toward a better understanding of what defines a family, and what it means to grow up, grow apart, and get back together again - at ten miles to the gallon.

©2020 Mishka Shubaly (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved
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Totally engaging

I've read a few of Shubalys books and thoroughly enjoyed each one, the narration is very engaging!

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A good listen !

Mishka is a good writer and I enjoy listening to his stuff. From Doug Stanhope..dont cut your hair to here and Rich Roll.
Some emotive stuff in there too

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Yawn. More whining by a middle aged white guy

The title sums it up. What a waste of my time.
I certainly won’t be listening to or read his other books.

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