Taking the Long Way Home: A Journey to Joy and Peace of Mind in Retirement - Softcover

McIntyre, Charles Bruce

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798349336348

Publisher: Tall Clover Publishing, 2025

Synopsis

Cancer treatment-both an incredible miracle and a singularly depleting experience-means Bruce McIntryre will have to make a comeback. Determined to regain energy and strength and armed with the freedom that comes with retirement, McIntyre begins training for and competing in triathlons. With humor and insight, McIntyre recounts the new athletic pursuits that put him in the best shape of his life-until a near fatal bicycle crash forces him to decide what is best for his safety.

Still seeking adventure, Bruce and his wife, Joyce, enjoy multiple travel adventures from the Holy Land to Machu Picchu, to better understand and appreciate the world around them. Al the while, McIntyre retains his commitment to serving the Charlotte community through Roof Above and Habitat for Humanity.

Ultimately, McIntyre faces the decision to move into a retirement community to be in the right place at the right time, for comfort and refuge.

Taking the Long Way Home follows McIntyre's first memoir, There Are No Answers Here, Only Questions.

About this title

About the Author

Charles Bruce McIntyre, or "Bruce" to anyone who knows him, is a retired business owner and cancer survivor. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1941, and often moved while growing up. After spending seventeen years in corporate America, Bruce founded and managed a foodservice sales and marketing agency for thirty years.Bruce and his wife, Joyce, have been married since 1967 and have two grown children and four grandchildren. The couple shares their retirement cottage with a gregarious golden retriever and a shy indoor cat. All call Charlotte, North Carolina, home.

Edition details

• Publisher: Tall Clover Publishing
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798349336348
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 286