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A Long Way from Disney - Part I by Seth Harwood
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It's the 1980s in Boston: the Celtics are rolling, the Patriots got crushed by the Bears, and the Sox are the Sox. Adam Berkman is learning how far from the warm feelings and epiphanies of Disney Americana his life can be when his parents get a divorce and he has to change schools almost every year. In this collection of linked stories, Seth Harwood takes you on a tour of Boston and its suburbs as he brings you more of the strong, clear writing you found in Jack Wakes Up.
In these stories you'll find frog murderers, slow dancers, lessons on basketball, fighting and how to defend your mother, as well as candy flippers, wiggers and portfolio managers, loves turning every direction imaginable -- maybe even good...
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By: Chris Engel
Long Way From Disney Hits Very Close to Home. There is an ever-growing list of writers podcasting their fiction on the web. Some of them actually get it right, transporting you to a time and a place you've never been to before. Seth Harwood clearly gets it right. What sets him apart is his ability to transport you back to a time and a place in _your own_ life with his short stories in a Long Way from Disney. Whether it's about the awkwardness felt in a given situation, the examination of small victories in adolescence, or the confusion of a child learning that the world's grey not black and white, you'll say to yourself, "Hey, I've been there." His mastery of the introspective moment will have you believing in the characters as if they were your friends... or even yourself. Seth's podcasts are amongst the best sounding out there, with an audio quality that will have you thinking he has a $30,000 Bay area studio. The creator of the "Jack Palms" Series, including "Jack Wakes Up" and "This is Life" takes his rightful place amongst the podcasting elite.By: brian Hunt
Great book! A little hard to listen to because the stories are so emotional...if you're feeling a bit blue its best to wait till your feeling up. Is this a bad thing? No way thats just how good the writing is!By: Chris
Real down and dirty stories. I guess they would be described as dramas, either way they are quite unique on Podiobooks and I've enjoyed them.
Chapters
| Title | Description | Date Created |
| When They Were Calling You in for Dinner (7.46 MB) | We meet Adam Berkman at age 6, on vacation on Cape Cod. | Feb 28, 2007 |
| A Long Way from Disney (24.69 MB) | Werner Ehrhardt, EST, and a family traveling through Western Mass. on the way to Rochester, NY. Just a regular family, sorting things out. | Mar 1, 2007 |
| What Happened to Everything (20.62 MB) | Just another day of summer heat in Boston, except on this day Rachel pees on the floor of McDonald's, Adam misses the Top Five, and... | Mar 11, 2007 |
| Rebuilding Men (29.08 MB) | It's the 6th grade slow-dancing party!! What could be more exciting and erotic than that? (For an 11-year-old boy?) | Mar 18, 2007 |
| White (17.07 MB) | They called me wigger and one time this old bag bitch told me, "Keep running with the monkeys and you'll end up back in the jungle with that black girl, swinging from a vine." | Apr 19, 2007 |
| Don Flamenco's Finest Round (10.7 MB) | More with Adam and Dub. The long hot summer continues... | Apr 19, 2007 |
| This One Thing (11.47 MB) | Adam comes back from college and finds some things have changed... and that some things haven't. | Apr 19, 2007 |
| Helping Hands (9.27 MB) | Adam and Amy go for a walk in the park, which is great except for what's happening with Adam and Sarah. (Or Amy and Bill.) | Apr 19, 2007 |
| Responsibility (18.46 MB) | Adam's mother has a new friend, Vaughn. Adam and Vaughn don't quite get along. | Apr 29, 2007 |
| Nilsa (12.87 MB) | Post college, Adam's living scared in the city, taking everything he can from every moment, listening to drum and bass, digging his own hole. | Apr 29, 2007 |
| One of Her Good Nights (18.83 MB) | Elizabeth Richard has been having a hard time dealing with her husband's Parkinson's Disease, but she's doing her best. Tonight they get a visit from a neighbor who brings a new perspective. | Jun 3, 2007 |
| Too Early (14.44 MB) | Adam has been waking up in the middle of the night too often. Now, with Corinne, he has someone to tell his stories. | Jun 3, 2007 |
| Michigan and Cherry Tree (10.48 MB) | Two-for-one on this Mother's Day special. Michigan finds Adam in with his grandmother, and Cherry Tree shows him finding a new sympathy for his mother. | Jun 3, 2007 |
| Huesca (21.42 MB) | Adam and Corinne tour Spain together, driving across the dry, hot plains. Ready for some European driving? | Jun 9, 2007 |
| Walden (24.85 MB) | Adam's relationship with Corinne comes to an end. How do you ever really know it's time to break up with someone you love? | Jun 15, 2007 |