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The Long Journey to Jake Palmer

By James L. Rubart
The Long Journey to Jake Palmer by James L. Rubart digital book - Fable

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What if there was a place where everything wrong in your life could be fixed?

Corporate trainer Jake Palmer coaches people to see deeper into themselves--yet he barely knows himself anymore. Recently divorced and weary of the business life, Jake reluctantly agrees to a lake-house vacation with friends, hoping to escape for ten days.

When he arrives, Jake hears the legend of Willow Lake--about a lost corridor that leads to a place where one's deepest longings will be fulfilled.

Jake scoffs at the idea, but can't shake a sliver of hope that the corridor is real. And when he meets a man who mutters cryptic speculations about the corridor, Jake is determined to find the path, find himself, and fix his crumbling life.

But "fixing things" is rarely that simple, and Jake's journey to healing will become more treacherous with each step he takes.

  • Includes discussion questions for book clubs
  • Christy Award winner for Best Visionary Novel in 2017
  • Standalone novel

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3.5
“This is a 3.5 star book for me. James tries to help a girl in trouble and get burn in the process. Even when healed he cannot face what has happen to him. His wife leaves him, he cannot bike and climb mountains and he has a hard time going back into public speaking. So when he decides to go with his week trip with his friends he has only one condition, to go to a place where a new friend recommends him to go. There he hears of a cave he can go into and if he makes it in there he will be healed. So every morning he goes to look for it. When he finds it a man meets him in there but he has to face his fears to get what his heart desires. Can he? Will he get healed and who is this man who wants to helps him? This journey does dragged on some and I found myself not paying the attention that the book deserves. what I did like best is Jake slowly accepting who he is after the accident. To be told your life will change is hard to hear. I am facing this myself now and it takes time. Would I look for this cave, I probably would. His friends are his staple and would be there for him and maybe there is love interest as well? A good book for a chilly day for me which I did enjoy!”

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