Book Review: The Long Journey Home

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The Johnson’s—Dr. Samuel Johnson, his wife Tabitha and Samuel’s parents, Maxine and Samuel, Sr.–have had a tumultuous four-day wedding trip that would destroy most families. Tabitha makes a fool of herself trying to get Samuel’s attention at the wedding but Samuel is too busy to notice. He is having a torrid liaison with Kat, the gorgeous maid of honor half his age. After missing their flight home, the family lays waste to the Savannah Airport: unearthing dark secrets, sharing unbelievable confessions, and turning their eight-hour layover into an episode of some sleazy talk show. But, as the third story begins, Samuel and Tabitha have taken a step in the right direction. They put a patch on their differences, eschew their trip back home to Pittsburgh, and enjoy a night of hot sex in a Savanah hotel that they’ve never enjoyed before in their marriage. Tragedy will strike Maxine as Senior’s heartless actions put her over the edge. But Tabitha and Samuel will attempt to pull the entire family together once and for all…for the Long Journey Home

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Each book may be read as a stand-alone novel, or as part of the series.

Book of Samuel, Johnson Family Chronicles, Book 1

Stranded in the Savannah, Georgia Airport after a family wedding, Dr. Samuel Johnson—a Gynecologist—his wife and his parents confront their family emotional baggage even as their Louis Vitton luggage makes its way to the families final destination. During his eight-hour layover in Savannah, Samuel discovers the painful secrets that mull his father’s past, suffers through the erratic behavior of his mother, and even his lovely even-keeled wife has acquired an inexplicably hard edge. He is also forced to confront the fact that he has grown weary of his all-consuming medical practice and longs for another life. As tensions rise, more and more secrets are revealed as the airport becomes the family’s battleground. Can Samuel find a way to make things right?

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The Long Goodbye, Johnson Family Chronicles, Book 2

Under the sweltering Savannah sun, magnolia trees bloom and a posh wedding takes place. The happy couple, open bar, opulent favors and scrumptious food are merely window dressing for the real drama…Fifty-five-year-old Samuel is mesmerized by Kat, the gorgeous maid of honor who is half his age and is doubly interested in him. Samuel’s wife, Tabitha, fights desperately to draw his attentions back to her and their floundering marriage. Meanwhile, Samuel’s mother, Maxine, runs into a man from her past. As the liquor flows, lips are loosened and the truth wins out. Will Samuel be led astray by the promise of restoring his own waning youth? Will Maxine find new love with an old flame?

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Review: I wasn't sure what to make of this book when I first started reading it. It kind of hit me like a ton of bricks, especially with the sex scenes between Samuel and his wife at the hotel. That was kind of a wowza opening.

This book is 100 % family drama, with infidelities, divorce. You name it and it probably happened in this book.  As I read, I really thought that this book would make a good film or even a tv show. There are so many laugh out loud moments, especially where Samuel's mom, Maxine is concerned

Being from SW PA, I loved that this book takes place in Pittsburgh. I haven't read may books set in the city, so that intrigued me. Mr. Robinson made sure to highlight important things in the city from all the haunts in Oakland, to Eat N' Park, to Steelers players.

The characters were very real. My heart broke for Maxine who had to deal with her husband leaving her after a long marriage, but lordy did she come back as feisty as ever. Then there was Tabitha and their neighbor Jerome. OMG, this situation would be perfect on any screen, big or small.

So there's second chances and just so much more. I wish I had read the other 2 books, not because you needed to read them to follow this book, but because I felt like I missed a few weeks in a new soap opera!

This was a fun, sexy read about a very dysfunctional family that is very easy to love.

Rating: 4 flowers

About the Author

Hi Everyone! James Robinson, Jr. is so formal; call me Jim. People have also referred to me as James, Jay, Jayzer, and even Jimbo. (You can thank my middle daughter for the Jimbo thing. Kids have no respect for authority these days.) I'm a sixty-year-old father of three, thirty-plus daughters and grandfather of four who has been battered by gravity unmercilessly (see Fighting the Effects of Gravity). I was late getting into the writing game. Mainly because I was busy having children and trying to keep them fed.

I have written and published most of the books that you see here since 2012. My first book, Fighting the Effects of Gravity, was a long-term project that I started long before the digital revolution. My next book, Death of a Shrinking Violet, consists of 13 essays including the memorable entry, "Damn You Sam's Club!" My latest work, a novella, is my first foray into the world of fiction. Along the way, I have managed to take home two Five-Star Readers' Favorite Reviews and become an Indie Excellence and Readers' Favorite Award finalist.

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