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Same Road, Different Paths
The Wonder Years, Forrest Gump, Yellowstone, Daisy Jones & the Six, and Adventures in Paradise all rolled into one amazingly true-life adventure.
Based on a journal the author began keeping in his teens —SAME ROAD, DIFFERENT PATHS – is a novel written in real time that will take you on a journey from once upon a time in America to right now – along the hitchhiking across the Great American Southwest, living at a Navajo Indian reservation, rodeo cowboys, California’s music scene, falling in & out of love, sailing to tropical islands, and other life-changing escapades.
Told with honesty and emotional depth, this coming of age/adventure novel reminds us that while the paths we take may diverge, the road home is always within reach.
Based on a journal the author began keeping in his teens —SAME ROAD, DIFFERENT PATHS – is a novel written in real time that will take you on a journey from once upon a time in America to right now – along the hitchhiking across the Great American Southwest, living at a Navajo Indian reservation, rodeo cowboys, California’s music scene, falling in & out of love, sailing to tropical islands, and other life-changing escapades.
Told with honesty and emotional depth, this coming of age/adventure novel reminds us that while the paths we take may diverge, the road home is always within reach.
410 pages, Hardcover
Published September 30, 2025
About the author
Michael E. Petrie
3 books11 followersMICHAEL E PETRIE is a surfer, ocean sailor, horseman, musician, and former rodeo cowboy turned attorney and award-winning writer.
His work has appeared in numerous publications, and he is a frequent contributor to SAIL - World's Leading Sailing Magazine. He was selected most promising new author by South Bay Writers Guild, has won two Erle Stanley Gardner Mystery Writing awards, Texas Bar Journal fiction writing contest, National Legal Fiction Writing Competition award, and voted Best New Fiction Author at La Jolla Writers Seminar at La Jolla, California.
His newest book (released in 2025) —SAME ROAD, DIFFERENT PATHS – is an autobiographical novel, based upon a journal he began keeping in his teens, that will take you on a journey from once upon a time in America to right now – along the way: living on a Navajo Indian reservation, rodeo cowboys, California’s music scene, falling in & out of love, sailing to tropical islands, and other life-changing escapades.
He is the also the author of the psychological legal-thrillers YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE I CAN TRUST and THIS GUY'S THE LIMIT (released in 2024), inspired by real-life experiences as a lawyer over a 30-year career span. He lives with his wife, children, dogs, and horses in California.
Videos of his ocean-crossing sailing adventures and samples of his music can be found on YouTube at Michael E Petrie.
His work has appeared in numerous publications, and he is a frequent contributor to SAIL - World's Leading Sailing Magazine. He was selected most promising new author by South Bay Writers Guild, has won two Erle Stanley Gardner Mystery Writing awards, Texas Bar Journal fiction writing contest, National Legal Fiction Writing Competition award, and voted Best New Fiction Author at La Jolla Writers Seminar at La Jolla, California.
His newest book (released in 2025) —SAME ROAD, DIFFERENT PATHS – is an autobiographical novel, based upon a journal he began keeping in his teens, that will take you on a journey from once upon a time in America to right now – along the way: living on a Navajo Indian reservation, rodeo cowboys, California’s music scene, falling in & out of love, sailing to tropical islands, and other life-changing escapades.
He is the also the author of the psychological legal-thrillers YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE I CAN TRUST and THIS GUY'S THE LIMIT (released in 2024), inspired by real-life experiences as a lawyer over a 30-year career span. He lives with his wife, children, dogs, and horses in California.
Videos of his ocean-crossing sailing adventures and samples of his music can be found on YouTube at Michael E Petrie.
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October 28, 2025
A captivating coming of age story that those of us who experienced the late sixties will relate too. But this novel is more than just insightful recounting of familiar events - it is a true adventure saga where finding oneself means traversing the country and the open sea, exploring lifestyles and identities and always reaching for connection. The protagonist is semi autobiographical, perhaps a modern day Jack Kerouac? I couldn’t wait to turn the pages to find out what happens next!
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