Caleb Kearns ’08 wrote his first book after graduation and a backpack through Europe.
He spent four months backpacking through Europe after graduating, and then sat down and wrote a novel, inspired by the people and places he visited along the way.
But A Journal Away from Life is far from being a record of his travels, says News-Register reporter Starla Pointer. Instead, it explores the journey of a father searching for answers about why his son died on a hiking trail in Italy, and the journey the son took on the way to his death.
Kearns calls the novel a mystery and a romance, with twists readers may not expect.
The son’s fictional hiking trip shares some similarities to Kearns’ real trip. But the author says the similarities end there … MORE
