Andrew McCarthy just released a new book on travel called "The Longest Way Home: One Man's Quest for the Courage to Settle Down."

According to the Canadian Press, McCarthy "sums up his conflicts over settling down as, "I want to be alone and I want to be with you," and says he resolved the conflict "the way I answer all questions in my life, by travelling."

The book was published by Free Press on Sept. 18. It is described:

WITH AN IRREPRESSIBLE TASTE for adventure, candor, and a vivid sense of place, award-winning travel writer and actor Andrew McCarthy takes us on a deeply personal journey played out amid some of the world's most evocative locales.

Unable to commit to his fiancée of nearly four years-and with no clear understanding of what's holding him back-Andrew McCarthy finds himself at a crossroads, plagued by doubts that have clung to him for a lifetime. Something in his character has kept him always at a distance, preventing him from giving himself wholeheartedly to the woman he loves and from becoming the father that he knows his children deserve. So before he loses everything he cares about, Andrew sets out to look for answers.

Hobbling up the treacherous slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, dodging gregarious passengers aboard an Amazonian riverboat, and trudging through dense Costa Rican rain forests-Andrew takes us on exotic trips to some of the world's most beautiful places, but his real journey is one of the spirit.

On his soul-searching voyages, Andrew traces the path from his New Jersey roots, where acting saved his life-and early fame almost took it away-to his transformation into a leading travel writer. He faces the real costs of his early success and lays bare the evolving nature of his relationships with women. He explores a strained bond with his father, and how this complex dynamic shapes his own identity as a parent. Andrew charts his journey from ambivalence to confidence, from infidelity and recklessness to acceptance and a deeper understanding of the internal conflicts of his life.

A gifted writer with an unsparing eye, Andrew relishes bizarre encounters with the characters whom he encounters, allowing them to challenge him in unexpected ways. He gets into peculiar, even dangerous situ ations that put him to the test-with mixed results. Disarmingly likable, Andrew is open, honest, and authentic on every page, and what emerges is an intimate memoir of self-discovery and an unforgettable love song to the woman who would be his wife.

"The Longest Way Home" got rave reviews:

The New York Times Book Review

...this engaging debut...isn't a brash, boorish, "don't go loving me babe because the road's my middle name" memoir of masculine bravado. It's a good book about a good man who's trying good and hard to figure himself out.

Kirkus Reviews

Although driven by Paul Theroux's ideas about wisdom being best acquired by traveling alone, McCarthy's ruminations on the meaning of solitary experience in relation to his surroundings never quite penetrate the ordinary. A clunky mix of memoir and travelogue that only occasionally does justice to either form.

The book got mostly four stars from GoodReads reviewers:

"I felt like this book was very user-friendly and simply done. It's not a complicated, find-yourself travel log that opens the narrator's eyes to the flaws of his own society, it's just a guy who travels alone, while growing into himself at his own pace."

"I am so very lucky to have won this book from Goodreads's First Reads giveways because it changed and maybe redeemed a whole genre for me."

"I really enjoyed this book. I do feel that what McCarthy sets out to discover about himself, most men would never choose to find. As I read about the various trips through the book, I found myself thinking that I could go there and do that too. His writing makes you feel that you are there with him experiencing the same feelings and making the same discoveries. And throughout it all he weaves a tale of a love for one woman making honest admissions about himself that most of us keep secret."

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