“It’s exactly like déjà vu, only it’s nothing like déjà vu.”

Sleazy tabloid Journalist, Max Fuentes, is terrified of nuns. Growing up in Catholic school instilled a healthy sense of fear. Therefore, obviously, the worst nightmare he could possibly imagine would be to return to his New Mexico hometown and have to repeat high school English. Which is exactly what happens.

Going home again shows him that everything is completely different, such as his juvenile delinquent buddy becoming a respected family man, while simultaneously being exactly the same, such as his other juvenile delinquent buddy having become a full-time drug dealer. And if the stress of figuring out who he was, who he is, and who he is going to be doesn’t give him enough headaches, there’s Carissa, his fellow student, who he just can’t seem to stay away from, despite the fact that he is a grown adult and should know better. There’s a reason this book is called The Long Trip.