Www.QueenMotorHome.com
by Patt Fero
List Price: $16.95
Pages: 296
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781419696770
Publisher: The Goldmind Company
Long time friends Leslie and Liz are smart, talented and successful women. In their mid-fifties, the two have what many in their Baby Boomer generation have striven for: successful careers, beautiful homes, country club memberships, and financial security. In fact, they have everything mature women could want, including loving (if sometimes clueless) husbands.
But lately, something seems not quite right. The two self-crowned “Queens” often talk and dream of shucking the mantles of their corporate and suburbia worlds, where people and circumstances require them to pretend to be people they aren’t. And they’ve joked for years about running away in a motor home. But they never did.
Until one ordinary day, Leslie discovers she has lost her hard-won corporate job. Pulled between anger over being phased out and the joyous realization that she doesn’t really care, she admits to herself that what she really wants is less—less of all the trappings, the things that bind. And she thinks she knows just how to go about creating the life she’s dreamed of for so long.
She sends Liz their secret S.O.S. code: www.queenmotorhome.com, and after some impulsive, secret preparations, and brief notes to their families, the two pack up their newly acquired motor home, don their “Queen” tiaras, and begin the long awaited adventure they’ve dreamed of for so long.
The road life they adopt teems with new experiences, new friends, and many challenges. Learning about RV’s, campgrounds, CB radios, and truckers takes the two on a rollicking ride filled with laughter, adventure, insights, and a few tears.
But that’s not all. For along the way, it is not just their original plans and dreams that are altered. Their very lives and relationships take on new meaning, as well. For what they once thought was the cause of their discontent, proves false. And what they discover about others and themselves, alters the course of their lives forever.
But with this experience and adventure comes yet more questions to be answered. Should they stay on the road? Will their husbands ever understand? Will they be safe? What else waits beyond that horizon? And most importantly, can they or will they ever go home again?
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1. What is your first impression of Leslie? Did your opinion change throughout the course of the novel?
2. Discuss the variety of characters from all walks of life in the story. Why do you think the author introduced so many different personalities?
3. Describe and discuss Leslie and Bob’s relationship. Also, Liz and Carl.
4. Do you think the plot of the story is something that could likely happen in real life?
5. As the story unfolds, Leslie and Liz both begin to show considerable doubt about their runaway escapade. Why?
6. If you as a reader have never owned a motor home or been in one, do the author’s writings adequately paint a visual picture of what traveling in one would be like? Did you learn something about the RV world?
7. While reading, did you fantasize about a runaway motor home adventure? Given the chance, do you think you could do it?
8. What is the most important life lesson learned by Leslie and Liz on this trip?
9. Discuss the self discovery process experienced by not only Leslie and Liz, but the other characters as well.
10. The novel has a surprise ending. Discuss what happens in the final chapters and what the ending means to all the characters. In your opinion, would you have ended the story differently?
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"The story moves along quickly, humor emerges and the characters are etched convincingly. It’s breezy, fast-paced, and filled with lively dialog."
— RV Life
"Readers will enjoy following the lives and escapades of Leslie and Liz. Patt’s writings are fun and fast-paced."
— RV Industry News
"Many women can relate to postponing their dreams for work and family and suddenly realizing that time is passing them by. They’ll enjoy living vicariously through the adventures of Leslie and Liz."
— RV Lifestyle
"We don’t get a lot of novels about RVing, good or bad, but this one is a humdinger! A real page-turner that is almost impossible to put down."
— Escapees
