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In 2007, he began working fulltime on his new book, a memoir, the longest trip home. Jan 01, 2007 the audio book version of the longest trip home. But savoring a book of, say, 800 pages or longer is a project. John joseph grogan is an american journalist and nonfiction writer. Apr 18, 2016 if youre curious about the history and evolution of the memoirs genre, i cant recommend memoir. The longest trip home by john grogan overdrive rakuten.
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