When an EMP over the eastern third of the US knocks out the power grid and disables cars near the detonation point, it takes a while for people to realize this is bigger than a normal power outage. But Sue and her family acted right away. Sue was 2,000 miles from their home in Montana. She was on a cross-country bicycle trip with a friend, and immediately headed for home. Her story is told in the book “The Long Ride Home”.
In this book, “Bugging Home”, read about Walter, who readies things and prepares for the kids and grandkids to arrive, while worrying about Sue. The kids had humored their parents by making bug-out plans, and now they put them to action. They make their way to the rally point at the family homestead, arriving by car, truck, horse, motorcycle, bicycle, and on foot. When plans went askew, they relied on back-up plans or quick thinking to keep moving toward their goal: Home!
Written as a sequel to “The Long Ride Home”, this is also a stand-alone book.
Exquisite detail, as if the author has lived on a farm. The main issue with the story is the abundance of characters. They could have lost a couple of fire fights and still had plenty of people to flesh out the story. Something else that makes me think that the author grew up in the country is how
Another quick read for Susan Gregersen. It was interesting to read. The only real issue I had was that there were so many characters. It always took me a minute to get back into who was who.