Joyride: A Memoir not of his father

not of his father

but when Ala finds out what Dymitr is hiding

A "graceful and powerful book" (Candice Millard) filled with "meticulous research [and] perceptive insights" (The New York Times)

thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond

Joyride: A Memoir not of his fatherFrom the beloved New Yorker writer Susan Orlean, New York Times bestselling author of The Orchid Thief and The Library Book and hailed as "a national treasure" by The Washington Post, Joyride is a masterful memoir of finding her creative calling and purpose that invites us to approach life with wonder, curiosity, and an irrepressible sense of delight. "The story of my life is the story of my stories," writes Susan Orlean in this extraordinary, era