Book description
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A BARNES & NOBLE BEST BOOK OF 2023
An intimate, funny, and poignant travel memoir followingĀ New York TimesĀ bestselling author and actor Andrew McCarthy as he walks the Camino de Santiago with his son Sam.
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When Andrew McCarthy's eldest son began to takeā¦
Why read it?
1 author picked Walking with Sam as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Iām a big reader of memoirsā¦ but I tend to steer clear of celebrity ones. I fell into this memoir written by a āBrat Packerā because the Camino is a dream of mine ---I read anything related. McCarthy does an excellent job at conveying this setting, towns and countryside alike.
Also, like the author, I grab opportunities to spend time with my sons, who are a similar age to Sam, his son. As the years go by, opportunities diminishā¦. stolen moments become more treasured. This aspect of the memoir was so poignant that I didnāt want it to end andā¦
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