On Our Way Home

by Mike Florio

John Persepio picked a hell of a time to start seeing ghosts.Three days before Christmas and with a client’s trial headed for the jury, Persepio starts running into a feisty old man, everywhere he goes. As John’s life spins out of control amid the holiday revelry, the one constant presence becomes the old man. And soon the old man’s wife. And eventually someone else.On Our Way Home lands at the intersection of A Christmas Carol and It’s A Wonderful Life to create a new tradition that will unite generations, reaffirm family bonds, and stir deep feelings of nostalgia. Before it all ends, John faces a very important and very unexpected question, one that he must resolve quickly.If you read On Our Way Home this holiday season, you will make a habit of reading it every holiday season — and you will make sure your parents and children read it, too.Mike Florio is one of the leading writers, reporters, and commentators covering the NFL. His website, ProFootballTalk.com, has served as the primary online clearinghouse for all NFL news and analysis for more than two decades.He carried around the basic idea for On Our Way Home for more than 10 years before writing all of it during a recent December. He hopes you will enjoy reading it as much as he enjoyed writing it.

Genres: Christmas

268 pages, Paperback

Published November 1, 2023

About the author

Mike Florio (born June 8, 1965) is an American sportswriter, radio host, and television commentator. He writes for Profootballtalk.com, which he created and owns.

Florio is also a contributor to NBC's Sunday night NFL studio show Football Night in America and appears in the Sunday Night Football postgame show to break down the NFL's top stories of the day with Bob Costas. Additionally, he appears with Peter King during halftime of NBC's coverage of Notre Dame football to discuss timely NFL topics.[2]

Reviews

[Marcus Rojas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Florio explains it as a mix between a Christmas carol and it’s A wonderful Life, and I’d say that’s pretty accurate. Burned through this one pretty quick, even had me feeling a little emotional towards the end. Shoutout Mike Florio for another great read 🤝

[Charlene Evans · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quick read, cute Christmas story with a little It’s A Wonderful Life flair

[Mark Zodda · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not for me. One of the tags for this book is the phrase, "If you read 'On Our Way Home' this holiday season, you will make a habit of reading it every holiday season — and you will make sure your parents and children read it, too." No way. Most of the characters are not sympathetic and the story confused me for the first three quarters. I've read it once and will not read it again nor will I give copies to friends and family to read. Mike Florio is a better writer than I will ever be, but other than a generous helping of schmaltz and the setting, this is not a holiday book. Hard pass.

[Steven Stone · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tries to read like a Mitch Albom or Richard Paul Evans but doesn't approach the quality of their prose. It got bogged time in too many scenes of fantasy which made it difficult to get through. When I finally got there the end was good though.

[Dawn Conwell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent read! Best book I have read in a long time!!