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On the Primitive Way: Two Texan Brothers' Journey to Santiago de Compostela
On the Primitive Way: Two Texan Brothers' Journey to Santiago de Compostela
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For readers interested in the Camino de Santiago, travel memoirs, and stories of healing from addiction, and for anyone ready to be moved by this heart-warming tale of healing and reconciliation, "On the Primitive Way" will keep you turning the pages as the story deepens.
At first glance, Spring of 2013 couldn't have been a more inopportune time for brothers Landon and Cory Roussel to walk the historic Camino de Santiago. Landon had a newborn child at home and had just completed medical school, ready to stay at home and relax with his new son before beginning residency. Cory, on the other hand, had just been released from Federal prison and had neither a job nor a penny to his name. On closer inspection, however, the time could not have been better for these two brothers, separated for over ten years by Cory's addiction and imprisonment, to walk the Way of St James. After much to do with flight planning, route mapping and child-care arranging, these two brothers finally manage to get to Spain, where they embark together from Oviedo into the mountains of Asturias Spain on the Primitive Way to Santiago. As they encounter torrential rains, blindsiding blizzards and grueling climbs, the author comes to find that the real challenge is not to endure the elements but to reconcile with each other after a tumultuous past.
Will the two brothers reconcile? Or will they be driven further apart? Is healing possible after enduring such hurt from wounds inflicted by Cory's addiction? These are some of the questions Landon wrestles with in this riveting tale as he chronicles their journey through the Asturian Mountains.
Cory was unexpectedly killed in October of 2014. In the wake of his brother's death, Landon realized that their story could only be captured through a book. In this page-turning memoir, he captures not only their story but also the story of many who struggle to connect with loved ones when their loved ones fall down in life ..."None of us are guaranteed a future with our loved ones," he writes. "If we don't cherish moments with them for what they are, we risk not cherishing our loved ones for who they are, but rather who we want them to be." "On the Primitive Way" is a moving, heart-warming reflection on the challenge of loving someone close even as they struggle and of finding joy in each day's journey.
At first glance, Spring of 2013 couldn't have been a more inopportune time for brothers Landon and Cory Roussel to walk the historic Camino de Santiago. Landon had a newborn child at home and had just completed medical school, ready to stay at home and relax with his new son before beginning residency. Cory, on the other hand, had just been released from Federal prison and had neither a job nor a penny to his name. On closer inspection, however, the time could not have been better for these two brothers, separated for over ten years by Cory's addiction and imprisonment, to walk the Way of St James. After much to do with flight planning, route mapping and child-care arranging, these two brothers finally manage to get to Spain, where they embark together from Oviedo into the mountains of Asturias Spain on the Primitive Way to Santiago. As they encounter torrential rains, blindsiding blizzards and grueling climbs, the author comes to find that the real challenge is not to endure the elements but to reconcile with each other after a tumultuous past.
Will the two brothers reconcile? Or will they be driven further apart? Is healing possible after enduring such hurt from wounds inflicted by Cory's addiction? These are some of the questions Landon wrestles with in this riveting tale as he chronicles their journey through the Asturian Mountains.
Cory was unexpectedly killed in October of 2014. In the wake of his brother's death, Landon realized that their story could only be captured through a book. In this page-turning memoir, he captures not only their story but also the story of many who struggle to connect with loved ones when their loved ones fall down in life ..."None of us are guaranteed a future with our loved ones," he writes. "If we don't cherish moments with them for what they are, we risk not cherishing our loved ones for who they are, but rather who we want them to be." "On the Primitive Way" is a moving, heart-warming reflection on the challenge of loving someone close even as they struggle and of finding joy in each day's journey.
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