"Not since Anne Lamott's 'Bird by Bird' have I enjoyed a book about writing and life as much." 
     —New York Times Bestselling Author Jane Kirkpatrick
 
From ideas jotted on a Wendy's napkin to twenty-six rejections to ABC's "Good Morning America," this is the true rags-to-riches story of Bob Welch's research, writing, and promoting of the Oregon Book Award-finalist "American Nightingale." His nearly four-year journey takes the journalist to Boston, Ellis Island, France, and beyond. But his ultimate destination is a place of truth, the realization that sometimes the treasure we find at adventure's end may not be the treasure we originally sought. (Soft cover.)