The Last American Road Trip
A Memoir
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Sarah Kendzior
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Sarah Kendzior
Written and read by New York Times bestselling author of They Knew, Hiding in Plain Sight, and The View from Flyover Country, Sarah Kenzidor, The Last American Road Trip navigates a changing America as Sarah and her family embark on a series of road trips in an audiobook that is part memoir, part history, and wholly unique.
"...a thoughtfully researched commentary, and Kendzior's narration matches that spirit."—AudioFile on The View from Flyover Country
It is one thing to study the fall of democracy, another to have it hit your homeland—and yet another to raise children as it happens. The Last American Road Trip is one family’s journey to the most beautiful, fascinating, and bizarre places in the US during one of its most tumultuous eras. As Kendzior works as a journalist chronicling political turmoil, she becomes determined that her young children see America before it’s too late. So Kendzior, her husband, and the kids hit the road—again and again.
Starting from Missouri, the family drives across America in every direction as cataclysmic events—the rise of autocracy, political and technological chaos, and the pandemic—reshape American life. They explore Route 66, national parks, historical sites, and Americana icons as Kendzior contemplates love for country in a broken heartland. Together, the family watches the landscape of the United States—physical, environmental, social, political—transform through the car window.
Part memoir, part political history, The Last American Road Trip is one mother’s promise to her children that their country will be there for them in the future—even though at times she struggles to believe it herself.
A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books.
©2025 Sarah Kendzior (P)2025 Macmillan AudioListeners also enjoyed...
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"Kendzior is an absolutely terrific writer—a preeminent voice of her generation—and her love for this troubled country flows like a kind of lifeblood through her work. I tore through The Last American Road Trip like it was a great novel—except that the sadness and wisdom it imparted stayed with me far longer than most fiction. Every American, whatever their politics, will recognize a country that they love, that they miss—and that they might be able to reclaim."—Sebastian Junger
“Impassioned... Kendzior stitches together history, travelogue, and political analysis to deliver a trenchant defense of flyover country... It adds up to a poignant portrait of life in the Trump era.”—Publishers Weekly
“A graceful—and righteously angry—travelogue through a troubled land.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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Get out there while you can!
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Very interesting and educational
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Listening to this is 2025 is eerie and comforting.
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Sarah tells the truth!
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Thoughtful reflections of the times.
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Another brilliant book from Sarah
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(another one of) sarah's masterpiece(s)
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As well:
1. Heavy handed on the poetic repetition. Author does it CONSTANTLY. 10 sentences in a row will start with the same couple of words, e.g., "Route 66 where..." or "Logic says..."
2. The structure. Again, if Kendzior had not been so heavy handed but it's super fragmented. At about the 30 percent mark, I realized there were probably 20 paragraphs that went something like, "When I was pregnant with my daughter..." Because she NEVER tells an entire story.
3. Circling back. The endless story about Twain, say, circles back around and around and around and then he shows up in other chapters. I was seriously bored with Twain.
4. Too much telling. Plenty of showing but how many thousands of ways do you want to TELL your reader that the world is going to hell in a handbasket? I AGREE with nearly everything she says but do we need to hear her tell us the same thing again and again: "Since I lost my reproductive rights..." or whatever.
5. Kids and husband have no names. Always "My son," "My daughter," "My husband." Why? Because they are only literary devices for her to illustrate her point. I have zero idea of who her husband is. As for her kids, all the dialogue is in service of her make A POINT.
Basically, it reads like: We went to ______________, where they slaughtered all the Indians. We went to ____________, where there was a mass shooting on every day of our vacation. We went to________________ where ______ was imprisoned because he was black.
Like I said, agree with her, familiar with much of the depressing history. Just wanted more than an outpouring of doom and gloom.
And if you've visited a place multiple times and you still can't pronounce the name of the town (Tucumcari) then I'm just annoyed.
Listen if you want to open a vein
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Way too negative for my taste
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