The trip also becomes Buzz's personal journey, yielding revelations about his own parents, the price of ambition, and its effect on his twins.Īs father and son journey from Philadelphia to Los Angeles, they see the best and worst of America and each other. Zach revels in his memories, and Buzz hopes this journey into their shared past will bring them closer and reveal to him the mysterious workings of his son’s mind and heart. So one summer night Buzz and Zach hit the road to revisit all the places they have lived together during Zach’s twenty-four years. He is a savant, challenged by serious intellectual deficits but also blessed with rare talents: an astonishing memory, a dazzling knack for navigation, and a reflexive honesty that can make him both socially awkward and surprisingly wise.īuzz realized that while he had always been an attentive father, he didn’t really understand what it was like to be Zach. He’ll never drive a car, or kiss a girl, or live by himself. His brother Zach has spent his life attending special schools. Gerry, the older one, is a graduate student at Penn, preparing to become a teacher. A remarkable memoir from the best-selling author of Friday Night Lights , Buzz Bissinger’s twins were born three minutes-and a world-apart.
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