Breaking Bread With Misfits

by Jerry Ellis

Breaking Bread With Misfits is for anyone who strives, and struggles, to live and to love on a deeper level than the masses, and it's aimed at all who have ever felt a longing and a sense of adventure to get more from life, and that is especially true for all kinds of Artists. Some of the passages are fun, surprising, and humorous, and others are hauntingly serious as they arouse mind, heart and soul. They range from two sentences to four pages, and the book is best read as if savoring an intimate, open, and honest conversation with a magical stranger who becomes a cherished friend. The book goes beautifully with a good cup of coffee on a cozy porch or balcony or in bed while sipping a fine glass of wine. The stories in Breaking Bread take place in Rome, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New Orleans, Hong Kong, and in the lush green mountains of NE Alabama in the Old Cherokee Nation, as well as in other fascinating places.

67 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 27, 2021

About the author

Jerry Ellis, Cherokee and Scottish, graduated from the University of Alabama. He was the first person in the modern world to walk the 900 mile route of the Cherokee Trail of Tears, where 4,000 of his ancestors died in 1838: Seven thousand armed US Soldiers marched them from their homes in the SE to present day Oklahoma in the heart of winter. Many of the Cherokee had no shoes. They were buried in shallow unmarked graves. Ellis' book about his trek, WALKING THE TRAIL, ONE MAN'S JOURNEY ALONG THE CHEROKEE TRAIL OF TEARS, was published by Random House and nominated by the publisher for a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award. The book was endorsed by Dee Brown, author of BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE. WALKING THE TRAIL was included in two anthologies, one by Norton, and it was quoted in Reader's Digest. Last year it went on display in the National Teachers Hall of Fame. Ellis has lectured about his trek, the book and the Cherokee in Asia, Africa, Europe and USA. He has had four non-fiction history/adventure books published by Random House and has written for the New York Times. He has had five plays produced. His fifth book, CIAO FROM ROMA! SPRING IN THE ETERNAL CITY OF LOVE, is on Kindle at Amazon. His sixth and new book, THE BOY WITH GIANT HANDS, is also on Kindle. Ellis lives in both Fort Payne, Alabama and in Rome, Italy. He has traveled to six continents and speaks Spanish and Italian.

Reviews

[Dee Jordan]

Jerry Ellis, in his very intimate style, takes us to Rome and we encounter many people as he transverses the past and the present, and leaves us with jewels and pearls of wisdom along the way. A good read to just give your brain a wholesome rest from today's strife, I highly recommend it.

[Bobbie J McLaren · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a whirlwind of characters! Each interaction is found to be full of life and heart. It would be an awesome thing if we all could approach the world with the eyes of a seeker and the heart of a child.

[Dan Burt · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.25 stars.