About the Author
From the Author
For the author, Jimmy’s truck presents a metaphor for the journey and evening trains for destinations unknown. Naturalist and writer Jack Phillips offered that “freedom and wildness are found by a particular way of walking that Thoreau refers to as ‘sauntering’, which is not walking for exercise or to reach a destination, neither is it aimless”. The journeys in this book don’t take the characters far from where they are first seen as they saunter through the ever-changing, often difficult, terrain they encounter. The terrain covered in this book includes a diverse cast of characters with a menagerie of illnesses and life stories. It attempts to give insight into the care given them, and is a tribute to the characters themselves and to those who care for them.
Contributor Notes
“... Bjork has a way of baiting a memory like a fish, coaxing it to the surface and bringing it home. He masterfully finds the divine in the everyday, the beauty of being human and the cost; however hilarious and heartfelt, frail and powerful. His characters remind us to savor the moments, the graceful passing through the thresholds of our lives. We are left remembering when ‘it doesn’t get any better than this’.” - Excerpt from Kevin Kling: American storyteller, author, playwright, regular commentator on NPR’s All Things Considered