THE 120

After writing a book about homesickness, I figured the best cure was a 120 county book tour of Kentucky. The catch? I only had 28 days. The result was a whirlwind road trip that was exhausting, beautiful, and stange. Words can’t do it justice. I ended up driving 5,400 miles and never left the state. That’s about the distance it takes to drive across Russia. What started as a hare-brained idea became a life-changing experience.

It made front-page, above-the-fold news.

My daughter’s first public photo showed her in a cemetery.

I challenged staid book culture.