Audiobook Review: WALKING ON WATER #5

WALKING ON WATER by Richard Paul Evans (Simon & Schuster, May 2015) Audiobook, five discs.  The Walk, Book #5 of 5.  ISBN #  9781442367371 

Synopsis on the Goodreads website . . . . .

 

With this New York Times bestseller, the beloved Walk series ends as Alan Christoffersen reaches his destination and the beginning of a new life: “Definitely a journey worth taking” (Booklist).

After the death of his beloved wife, after the loss of his advertising business to his once-trusted partner, after bankruptcy forced him from his home, Alan Christoffersen embarked on a daring cross-country journey—a walk across America, from Seattle to Key West, with only the pack on his back. Through it all he learned life-changing lessons about love, forgiveness, and most of all, hope.

Now Alan must again return west to face yet another crisis, one that threatens to upend his world just as he had begun to heal from so much loss, leaving him unsure of whether he can reach the end his journey. It will take the love of a new friend, and the wisdom of an old friend, to help him to finally leave the past behind and find the strength and hope to live again. 

Walking on Water is a beautiful story of one man’s search for a new beginning, of “humorous moments, heartwarming moments, moments of self-discovery, and moments of profound wisdom” (Deseret Morning News).

My Four-Star Review on the Goodreads website . . . . .

     Denise and I listened to this on our return travels from a trip to Indiana to visit my son and family/grandkids. This reads so much like a memoir that I was surprised to learn WALKING ON WATER is fiction. It's also the end cap to a five-book series that I may have to visit some day.

     Coming in late at the final chapters did not deter from our enjoyment and this was easy to follow and pick up the threads, thanks to some good narration by Richard Paul Evans, the author. 

I'm glad that this is the product of Evan's inspiration and creative writing rather than something that actually happened to a real person. It would just be too sad and tragic, although the ending is very appropriate and up-lifting.