Book Review: Asphalt Asylum
Portland author Steve Theme’s memoir, Asphalt Asylum: The Dark Roads to Light, is the story of a 19-year-old who sets out in 1978 from his Seattle home to hitchhike where the road will take him. He eventually covers 7,000 miles, from Seattle to Key West and back, through rain, heat, and snow, deserts and tropical forests, beaches and cities. It’s an amazing journey, marked by generosity as well as danger, and his own remarkable personal journey from bitterness to acceptance —
