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Finding Spoons: A Love Story on Two Wheels
Let’s just say 2008 was not Victoria’s best year.
Watching a tanking economy nearly destroy her fledgling company, laying off the employees she’s come to regard as family, and filing for bankruptcy would have been painful enough. But when her business partner tells her he’ll never love her the way she’s just admitted to loving him, Victoria opts for escape.
With nothing but a questionable bicycle and a pile of borrowed camping gear, she sets out on a journey from Boston to Los Angeles, desperately hoping that four months, 12 states, and 4,000 miles will buy her time to figure out what to do with her life. As she faces the perils of the road—monster hills, prairie headwinds, hypothermia, fire ants, wild boars, and bok choy cabbages tumbling from a produce truck—she can’t help wondering: what if she meets the love of her life along the way?
Finding Spoons is Victoria Merriman’s humorous and inspiring memoir for anyone who has ever hit rock bottom, despaired at their love life, yearned for adventure—or all three at once.
Watching a tanking economy nearly destroy her fledgling company, laying off the employees she’s come to regard as family, and filing for bankruptcy would have been painful enough. But when her business partner tells her he’ll never love her the way she’s just admitted to loving him, Victoria opts for escape.
With nothing but a questionable bicycle and a pile of borrowed camping gear, she sets out on a journey from Boston to Los Angeles, desperately hoping that four months, 12 states, and 4,000 miles will buy her time to figure out what to do with her life. As she faces the perils of the road—monster hills, prairie headwinds, hypothermia, fire ants, wild boars, and bok choy cabbages tumbling from a produce truck—she can’t help wondering: what if she meets the love of her life along the way?
Finding Spoons is Victoria Merriman’s humorous and inspiring memoir for anyone who has ever hit rock bottom, despaired at their love life, yearned for adventure—or all three at once.
292 pages, Paperback
First published August 5, 2013
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May 15, 2022
If I ever write a book/memoir, I hope I do half as well! I loved joining Victoria on this bike ride and journey of becoming!
November 18, 2013
Loved it. Very inspiring. Makes you feel like you can accomplish anything once you put your mind to it. Also, makes you want to just take some chances & get out of the comfort zone because life is too short & we need adventure!
December 3, 2013
An inspiring, soul-searching journey. I am compelled to reevaluate my life and the choices I have made and will make to determine if I am not merely existing, but living. I strive to push myself harder, think and feel more deeply, and take extended moments to just be.
April 16, 2024
Excellent book! The love story that goes along with the adventure is a little "girlie" but it IS a true story and the adventures she has a funny, emotional, honest and very enjoyable!
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April 16, 2016Loved it, loved it, loved it. Made me want to get a bike!!
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