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    The Road
    The Road
    The Road
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    The Road

    By Jerry Thompson

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    The Road is a Short Allegory. Like all of us, Chris is walking on the Road. The Road is a metaphor for life. He loses his parents, but he finds friends. The Road is easy and comfortable, but Chris can hear the mountains calling to him and he is curious about the secrets held there. Chineka feeds this curiosity and they eventually strike off into the wild lands.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJerry Thompson
    Release dateOct 17, 2010
    ISBN9781466068582
    The Road
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    Jerry Thompson

    JERRY THOMPSON has worked for more than thirty years as a writer, director and journalist in Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver. He has also been a network news correspondent and a documentary film producer for such CBC programs as The National, The Journal and the fifth estate. His articles have appeared in Equinox, Reader’s Digest and Vancouver magazine. Thompson lives in Sechelt, B.C.

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