Book description
On a Saturday morning, Mike Nolan, a hard-driving, hard-living lawyer
in his early fifties, was hit by a truck during a 40-mile bike ride on
New Jersey's Route 35 and given up for dead. Instead, after months of
recovery, Mike looked the same as he always had. The only difference? He
had absolutely no memory. Guys Like Us, like a reverse memoir, is the
attempt by his son, Sean, to tell Mike who he is through recollections
of rare moments together and tales of the Nolan family on the Jersey
shore. The Nolans, a clan planted in Ocean County by Mike's father, Joe,
are people who suffer no fools and take no prisoners; you had better
wear thick skin when they are around. Three strong characters?Joe, Mike
and Sean?dominate Guys Like Us. Add an enormous Cadillac that Joe and
Sean bomb around in, Sean behind the wheel at the ripe age of eight.
Stir in the boardwalks and beaches of the Jersey shore and near-lethal
family feuds, and the pot boils. Sean Nolan does not fall far from the
tree. It doesn't take long for Sean to realize he has to tell Mike,
among many other things, how impossible he could be. And that dark
secrets, long held in a young boy's heart, are out of reach to him
forever. Giving his father back his memory, one funny, painful moment at
a time, Nolan paints a poignant, often hilarious, portrait of their
shared past. “A remarkable story of life and love, fathers and sons,
loss and recovery…a story to remember” Sean Nolan was born in New
Jersey, grew up on Ocean County?'?s Route ?35 ?and moved to ?New York
City?. ? He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and New York
?University's Stern School of Business and now lives in Dublin,
Ireland?. ?Sean has not driven ?a car in eight years?.
