THE LONGEST WAY HOME
The Longest Way Home is a thoughtful and observant memoir about the travels one man must take to finally, fully, commit to D, the woman he loves. Andrew McCarthy, best known for his roles in Pretty in Pink and St. Elmo’s Fire, has also nurtured a career on the side as an award winning travel writer. Faced with his impending wedding, Andrew impulsively signs up for a series of writing trips, to take place in the weeks and months approaching the big day. As his circuitous travels take him around the world—from Patagonia to Baltimore, from Kilimanjaro to the Amazon—he reflects on the meaning of his lust for travel and the ambiguities surrounding his phobia for commitment. As his travels reach their end and his wedding day approaches, Andrew’s insights, garnered from his encounters with new places and people, allow him to shed his fears and embrace the next stage of his life, without hesitation or doubt.