The Mother Road

By: Meghan Quinn

Narrated by: Greyson Ash, J.F. Harding

Never in a million years would I have pictured myself as an axe-wielding, dragon lady, chopping up multi-colored flannel shirts into my very own plaid mulch. But here I am, chopping away my frustrations.

It all started when my brother, Paul, convinced me to go on one last family road trip across the Mother Road with him and my dad. Just like old times, right? Wrong. What Paul fails to mention is his best man, Porter, will be joining us, who just so happens to be my childhood crush and the man who broke my heart four years ago. What is supposed to be a fun family bonding experience across Route 66 turns into a war of pranks, awkward moments and bathrooms full of dirty flannel shirts and day-old beard clippings. Paul's know-it-all attitude and Porter's devilish charm brings me to the brink of my sanity on my seven-day trek across the United States with three bearded men in a small 1980s RV.

©2016 Meghan Quinn (P)2017 Audible, Inc.

The Mother Road

I love this book! I’ve read it and now, after listening to it, love it even more! Hearing Marley and Porter come to life adds so much to the story. It’s still hilarious, laughter out loud funny!

Sweet Harry Truman! A raunchy & romantic road trip

Would you Funion a touching second chance romance and heartfelt family bonding during a Route 66 road trip? Or, would you Funion a romance where fighting leads to flirting (then to F-ing) and the traditional family road trip Is more like National Lampoons meets Bridesmaids, right down to the emphasis on bodily functions and physical humor?
If you said the latter, grab a Funion and strap in. This audio book is actually both, but definitely more of the latter.

I have to be in the right mood for rude and crude humor, and after the first ten minutes, I thought this would be too much for me. The book opens mid-rampage, with an axe wielding Marley mad-dogging her father Bern, brother Paul, and Paul’s best friend/Marley’s old crush Porter.

The in-your face Marley monologue in the opening scene included:
“A pile of multi colored barf rags rested in front of me waiting to be minced into my own personal hamster shit shavings.”
“I’m not usually threatening to slice buttons off men’s’ clothing with a lead shiv big enough to cut down a naughty vagina looking sycamore tree, but I’ve had my limit.”
Within ten minutes, you hear about a veiny penis and giant nut sack, and fire shooting out of a vagina. Then it gets really wrong:
The gym smelled “like someone ate a gyro burrito and secreted it out their lady business,” leaving Marley to figure out “which yoga pant clad ass was offering the offensive odor” ... and the narrator then provides the fart sounds.

Yeah. I cringed. But, I give all audio books at least one hour before I bail. Good thing too, because once it gets past these bonkers bits, the book flashes back to the beginning of the family road trip and, while there’s still profanity, potty humor, and practical jokes a-plenty, it is balanced with fun, family, and heart. We then get to more gradually love this ragtag foursome as dad Bern takes Paul, Marley, and Porter on a road trip honoring his wife’s life. The characters are super quirky, like how Bern “swears” using the Presidents. The family traditions are fun, like the Would You Funion game or the Red Dot / Grab Your Crotch thing. This is the crazy family I want to road trip with.

By the time we get to the end, and are back at the axe-wielding scene that started the book, I was right there with Marley, willing her to let loose the cray-cray. Furthermore, having now finished the book, I’m amazed that the book was both raunchy and sweet. And I loved both sides. It’s not often that I laugh out loud because of books, but this one did it for me on multiple occasions. Freakin Franklin D Roosevelt, this book rocked.

Funny! A down to earth (really) believable story

This is a belly laugh story. Family memories relived, romance blossumes, tears, happiness. READ THIS. Listen to this, your day will be better for it.

Full of crude jokes and arguments

I did listen to the entire book. While there was some laugh out loud moments in the book, there were also some unrealistic arguments and actions. Not my favorite book and makes me a little nervous to buy anything else from Meghan Quinn.

Awe

This book is just too damn cute, there was no ego maniac man whore, just a case of being scared to go after what u want in life everyone can relate to this book