Man Mission

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Pub Date 23 Jan 2019 | Archive Date 11 Mar 2019

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Description

In college a group of four young men establish a tradition: every year, they come together for a week-long trip in search of adventure and distraction. They travel around the world to go hiking, biking, or kayaking. They call it their Man Mission, a sacred ritual dedicated to new experiences and friendship.

In the course of their travels, they hitch a ride with drug dealers in New Zealand, down kava shots on Fijian beaches, come face-to-face with a roaring lion in South Africa, luxuriate in a resort intended only for Vietnamese Communist officials, trek to Machu Picchu, and go ice climbing in Iceland.

Over the years, they all get married, start families, establish careers, and do all the stuff upright men are supposed to do. But when the challenges of real life come into conflict with the perfect lives they are supposed to be living, the yearly Man Mission becomes more than an annual getaway. It's a source of stability and a place to find redemption.

Part travel narrative and part roman à clef, this novel follows four regular guys as they find adventure together, and seek meaning and purpose, in a world where the traditional rules of "being a man" are no longer clear.

In college a group of four young men establish a tradition: every year, they come together for a week-long trip in search of adventure and distraction. They travel around the world to go hiking...


Advance Praise

https://www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/man-mission/

Clarion Rating: 5 out of 5

Through its fun vacation scenes, the novel becomes a critique of commonplace definitions of manhood and a proposal of a healthier, more relational, and realistic model. For the man who reads for kicks, Man Mission is replete with action and laughs. But for the man seeking growth and fulfillment as well, it provides revelations. As the book deconstructs the “man code,” it also updates and revamps it.

https://www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/man-mission/

Clarion Rating: 5 out of 5

Through its fun vacation scenes, the novel becomes a critique of commonplace definitions of manhood and a proposal of a...


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ISBN 9781480862937
PRICE $3.99 (USD)

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