The Big Blue Ball: A Memoir

By Mike McIntyre

Book Overview

From the author of the Oprah -featured bestseller The Kindness of Strangers comes a humorous and deeply revealing memoir about travel, perseverance, and the surprising places we find inspiration. In 1962, when Mike McIntyre's colorful grandmother becomes the first member of his working-class California family to travel overseas, she returns with a Pan Am tote bag, its side emblazoned with a big blue ball, the airline's iconic blue globe logo. Enchanted through childhood by the magical bag, McIntyre hurtles headlong into a life of wanderlust and adventure, transforming himself from a small-town slacker into an acclaimed, globe-trotting journalist. In a book that is both coming-of-age story and travelogue, he illuminates his journey with a candid, compelling prose that has earned him praise as "a reader's dream" ( San Diego Union-Tribune ). Funny, moving, offbeat, and ultimately, unforgettable, The Big Blue Ball vividly captures one man's meandering search for his place in the world.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1976384478
• ISBN13: 9781976384479
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.0"