A famous lost Hollywood actor learns the meaning of life from a native African girl.
A famous lost Hollywood actor learns the meaning of life from a native African girl.
Once upon a time, very recently, a native African girl lived in a tree. Not just any tree. It was the mother of all trees, two thousand years ancient, massive in girth, with bark like the wrinkled hide of an old elephant, and a canopy of limbs spiky and twisted. Legend has it that God did not like the baobab growing in his garden, so he plucked it out and threw it over the wall of Paradise. It fell onto the Earth below, upside down, and continued growing that way, to this day. The girl lived inside a hollow in the giant tree -- an outcast of her own choosing, with special gifts including the ability to talk to the animals. One day, a troubled boy came to her from another world, and the girl, the tree, and Africa changed him forever. This is their story,
Book price -- $16.00
Shipping & Handling -- $4.00
All copies signed by the Author.
"Michael Modzelewski's new book is an epic, reality-flipping story that illuminates the pivotal 'less is more' precept. High-definition scenes offer incredible visuals and harrowing drama as Leo and Binti journey through the African bush on a quest to bring Leo home. The story is as truth searing as the landscape they travel through!"
"A Long Way Home ranges far deeper than just surviving a trek across the huge sand dunes of the Namib Desert in Africa. Through adventurous discoveries, it forces a questioning of one's life and also questions the pure essence of what is truly living."
"This spell-binding spiritual quest roars with magical adventures. If Tarzan has a daughter, she would be Binti, who beguiles while she inspires with wise revelations of astounding treasures still hidden in the vast hinterlands of Africa. Michael Modzelewski masterfully ignites wonder while inviting us to live our wildest dreams and reconsider out true purpose upon this earth."
"In this engaging new novel, Michael Modzelewski shows us the difference between image, fame and fortune and a good life, simpler, close to nature, with stronger human connections. Lost in an African desert, Leo is desperate to be saved and return to his life in Hollywood. He is rescued by a girl and a hyena but in a different, magical and totally unexpected way that challenges the reader's values and desires. Read it and think. It's a life changer!"
Michael Modzelewski is the author of Inside Passage: Living with Killer Whales, Bald Eagles, and Kwakiutl Indians, about his stay on a wilderness island in the Inside Passage to Alaska; North Through Paradise, describing various travels in Alaska; Angeles Crest: A Memoir, about ultra-marathon running and metaphysics; and Wild Life; the Miss—Adventures of a Cosmo Bachelor, describing how Mr. November met a wife, after receiving 5,000 letters from women around the world.
He has twice been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
When not writing, lecturing aboard Princess cruise ships in Alaska, Michael enjoys leading walking safaris in East and South Africa.
Sign up to be the first to know about our soft launch events.
We use cookies to analyze website traffic and optimize your website experience. By accepting our use of cookies, your data will be aggregated with all other user data.