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Title: Journeys Inside My Shadow
Author : Al LaGrone
Release Date : January 26, 2012
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs,Books,Travel & Adventure,Religion & Spirituality,
Pages : * pages
Size : 1153 KB

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Journey One: The story begins on Christmas 1988. The protagonist Alonzo/Alonso is riding on a bus crossing the Andes into Argentina from Santiago, Chile. He is traveling to San Francisco (Crdoba) to visit his exchange-student host family for the first time in ten years. During this journey, he is confronted with memories of joy and sorrow from the past through a continuous series of flashbacks. These include growing up black in a racially divided Chicago; the mystery surrounding the marriage and separation of his parents; having seven older siblings yet never connecting with them emotionally; the lingering effects of a violent sexual assault at ten; attending Purdue University and writing for the independent student-run newspaper; living in Madrid, Spain, for two years, the first year as a study-abroad participant at the University of Madrid while teaching private English classes; and his first visit to Argentina as an American Field Service participant, arriving to the town of San Francisco on his host brothers birthday and a day before Argentina won its first World Cup soccer championship. The first part ends when his host brother Sergio is smitten with a beautiful young travel agent assisting them in rearranging Alonzos return ticket to the States. Sergio announces his intentions to someday marry the woman.
Journey Two: Alonzo returns to Argentina after one year and three months to be his host brothers best man; Sergio is marrying the young lady who assisted them in the travel agency. Alonzos week-long stay and, in particular, Sergios wedding day, are highlighted. This section ends at the Crdoba International Airport with Alonzo giving his good-byes to his host parents and wondering if hell ever return to Argentina.
Journey Three: The final portion focuses on specific events from 19942009 in the protagonists life. It begins in July 1994 with the death of Alonzos mother, followed eight months later by the death of a sister from cancer. During his mothers illness, Alonzo wins a radio contest to attend a World Cup soccer match in Chicago but doesnt attend. Subsequent chapters highlight notable events beginning with a relocation from Lafayette, Indiana, to Ann Arbor, Michigan (with a month-long stay in Toledo, Ohio, during the OJ Simpson trial proceedings) and finding employment at the University of Michigan; traveling to Argentina in 1997 and again in 1999, for the last time; resigning from his job at the Michigan Business School in 2003 after numerous conflicts; seeking the help of a therapist to overcome stress and painful childhood memories; getting rehired at the University, and finally, corresponding with Sergio in December 2009 from Santiago, Chile, before returning to the States after visiting a friend in Via del Mar.