Mark David Ransom

The Highway The Highway of Spirit and Bone A Review David, the protagonist of Steven Ostrowski’s debut novel, pushes buttons in me I didn’t even know I had. The life event of moving David’s aging mother across country to live nearer to another sibling and her family is the catalyst for a tightly written odyessy full of revelations illustrating how we can become very different people the moment we leave home. Who David thinks he is as a person is challenged by larger than life characters all across America from east to west with near biblical vistas and weather between the mountains and desert. Mysterious estranged older brothers, a complicated younger sister who rides with mother and David in the van; wives, sons, daughters, fathers and ex-lovers all are either present on the Highway or their spirits follow, haunting these travelers at every turn. And they all have secrets. Lefora publishing did a beautiful job with Ostrowski’s words by printing them in an easy to read format perfect for the armchair or the passenger seat of any plane, train, or automobile. This is a good read especially around the holidays when family drama and travel seems to peak for us all.