Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (654 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0767928539 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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Still, she considers her greatest accomplishment that her bus was the centerfold for Bus Conversions magazine (which she is the travel writer for), thus fulfilling a life-long ambition of being a Miss September. DOREEN ORION is a triple-boarded psychiatrist on the faculty of the University of Colorado Health Science C
Best of all, readers get to go along for the ride through forty-seven states in this often hilarious and always entertaining memoir, in which a boisterous marriage of polar opposites becomes stronger than ever.. He's an affable, though driven, outdoorsman. A pampered Long Island princess hits the road in a converted bus with her wilderness-loving husband, travels the country for one year, and brings it all hilariously to life in this offbeat and romantic memoir.Doreen and Tim are married psychiatrists with a twist: She’s a self-proclaimed Long Island princess, grouchy couch potato, and shoe addict. When Tim suggests “chucking it all” to travel cross-country in a converted bus, Doreen asks, “Why can’t you be like a normal husband in a midlife crisis and have an affair or buy a Corvette?” But she soon shocks them both, agreeing to set forth with their sixty-pound dog, two querulous cats—and no agenda—in a 340-square-foot bus.Queen of the Road is Doreen’s offbeat and romantic tale about refusing to settle; about choosing the unconventional road with all the misadventures it brings (fire, flood, armed robbery, and finding themselves in a nudist RV park, to name just a few)
"3.5 stars: An entertaining memoir of traveling around the country in a converted bus Sometimes doing something completely out of character can be amazing. Here's an account of that.Doreen is an interesting mix! Both sympathetic and, at times, very much not.This is a memoir, based on her blog, of her reluctant (at least at first) travels around the country with her husband and pets on a converted bus. "Converted bus" does not really sum it up, though- that sounds declasse, and this conversion- with its ridiculously expensive granite countertop, and the stainless steel tiles in the shower, for example- is a custom, pricey job with all possible luxuries!I have been fascinated by RVs ever since I toured them as a . .5 stars: An entertaining memoir of traveling around the country in a converted bus" according to Cissa. Sometimes doing something completely out of character can be amazing. Here's an account of that.Doreen is an interesting mix! Both sympathetic and, at times, very much not.This is a memoir, based on her blog, of her reluctant (at least at first) travels around the country with her husband and pets on a converted bus. "Converted bus" does not really sum it up, though- that sounds declasse, and this conversion- with its ridiculously expensive granite countertop, and the stainless steel tiles in the shower, for example- is a custom, pricey job with all possible luxuries!I have been fascinated by RVs ever since I toured them as a . wonderful! Toni Kamsler When Doreen Orion wrote, on yoga, "What was the point of putting that much effort into doing something, just to think about nothing, when I was already so adept at thinking about nothing without making any effort at all?", I knew she was my kind of person. (I've tried yoga. I like the stretching. I don't like the premise. Like Doreen, the only way I can handle exercise is if I've got lots of things to distract me while I'm doing it.)"Queen of the Road" is a book about a married couple who takes a year to travel the country in a retro-converted bus, with a dog and two cats. So it's a travel diary, in a way. But it felt more lik. Rebecca S. said Fun and witty memoir. I chose this memoir for my book club and everyone loved it. Doreen is quite funny as she tells this tale, but also focuses on several themes throughout the book. Some of the big ones include our focus on material things and always putting work ahead of your social/family life. It is interesting to read as the story unfolds and she is able to be more and more out of her comfort zone. I enjoyed the story, and the only criticism I can give is that at times it felt like I was reading a travel brochure for some of the places they visited. It did make me more interested in seeing parts of the coutry I've never been to!
- Denver Magazine"A funny, inspiring travel memoir of one couple's cross-country motorhome trip and how it changed their lives. an action-packed, romantic journey of trials and transformations." - Family Motor Coaching Magazine.“Part travel memoir, part diva-on-a-bus-tour comedy.” - 5280 Magzine. And you will never take a bus driver for granted, either."–John Elder Robison, New York Times bestselling author of Look Me in the Eye"Doreen Orion and her handyman husband Tim prove, with abundant laughs and martini shaker in hand, that sometimes the best way to enrich home-life is to leave the homeor, better yet, just put it on wheels." –Franz Wisner, New York Times bestselling author of Honeymoon with My Brother"Orion has every good travel writer's ability to make readers