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Along The Way

Along The Way: The Journey Of A Father And Son

by Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez

3.90 out of 5 (5 ratings)

Format:
Hardback 
Pages:
432 
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster Ltd 
Publication Date:
10 May 2012 
Category:
Individual Actors & Performers 
ISBN:
9781849836951 

Description

Spanning nearly 50 years of family history, the book chronicles the remarkable lives of two creative talents, Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez. It's a story of father and son set against the backdrop of Hollywood; this narrative is organized around their physical and spiritual journey along the Camino de Santiago, Spain, the thousand-year-old pilgrimage path which traverses Galicia. It is the area from which Sheen's father emigrated to the U.S. and to which Estevez's own son has returned. Along the Way will focus not just on the lives these men have chosen as artists, but also (and most importantly) on the one they have lived together. It is a story of family bonds and artistic advances and setbacks; of good choices and hard choices; of opportunities lost and opportunities found. Sheen and Estevez will share what they have experienced and learned from each other in their forty eight years as father and son, as fathers of sons, as actors and director, as spiritual seekers, and as concerned citizens of the world. Readers will meet them as real people rather than icons, as two men who have accumulated decades of wisdom and insight they are now ready to share.

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  • Well-written and interesting, Along the Way: The Journey of a Father and Son, shows the love and respect of sons to their fathers and also the trials and tribulations of a family. You get the sense that both father and son are writing from the heart and of the love they have for each other.

    5.00 out of 5

    phoenixcomet

  • Not your usual Hollywood bio, and worth reading for that alone. Father and son take turns by chapter, more or less, to tell the story of their relationship, or more often, of events that they shared. Mostly this results in sharing self discoveries whether Emilio's maturing from father's boy to his own self, or Martin's coming to terms with his rages, and the damaging role alcohol played in his life.Much of the book relates the making of "the Way" - the film they made together in Spain. Don't expect any kind of epiphany on the road to Santiago de Compostela, you will find that elsewhere in the book.I found the section on the making of "Apocalypse Now" revelatory, but other readers may already know the story.

    4.00 out of 5

    DiggerDawson

  • Not your usual Hollywood bio, and worth reading for that alone. Father and son take turns by chapter, more or less, to tell the story of their relationship, or more often, of events that they shared. Mostly this results in sharing self discoveries whether Emilio's maturing from father's boy to his own self, or Martin's coming to terms with his rages, and the damaging role alcohol played in his life.Much of the book relates the making of "the Way" - the film they made together in Spain. Don't expect any kind of epiphany on the road to Santiago de Compostela, you will find that elsewhere in the book.I found the section on the making of "Apocalypse Now" revelatory, but other readers may already know the story.

    4.00 out of 5

    PhilipJHunt

  • This was apparently a truthful rendering of a touching and tempestuous relationship between father and son. It was amazing how broad the experiences of both men were and how connected they were in many arenas.

    3.50 out of 5

    Doondeck

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