The Road To God Knows Where Nook

The Road to God Knows Where is the story of Jimmy Dwyer, a thirty-year-old Irish-American, who is traveling to Ireland to find his older brother Jack and bring him home to be with their dying mother. Jack, a world-renowned photojournalist, packed up and left the day after his father’s funeral nine months ago. Jack and his father Gerry had many unresolved issues at the time of Gerry’s death. Ignorant of his mother’s illness, Jack has been traveling the world, writing stories and taking photographs. Only the odd postmark on a letter or magazine article gives Jimmy and his mother any indication where Jack is. The last letter was postmarked from the town of Killybegs in County Donegal. Not only is this the Dwyer’s ancestral home, but it is also the location of a family cottage inherited by Jimmy’s father eighteen years ago. Jimmy begins his journey up the West Coast of Ireland by spreading his father’s ashes from the Cliffs of Moher. Uneasy about the impending conflict with his brother, Jimmy quells his nerves by reflecting on a happier time in his life, specifically eighteen years ago when his family traveled to Ireland to accept transfer of the cottage. Enroute to Killybegs, Jimmy encounters a myriad of people and many shadows of the past, which provide perspective on what it means to be part of a family.
The Road to God Knows Where is the first story in a planned four-book series called The Killybegs Saga. The subsequent two prequels and one sequel will chronicle the Irish-American experience through the Twentieth Century.