Friday, April 18, 2025

Ten inspiring van life books

Amy Mason Doan is the bestselling author of The Summer List, Summer Hours, Lady Sunshine, and The California Dreamers. She earned a BA in English from UC Berkeley and an MA in journalism from Stanford University, and has written for The Oregonian, San Francisco Chronicle, and Forbes, among other publications. She grew up in Danville, California, and now lives in Portland, Oregon, with her family.

[The Page 69 Test: Summer Hours; My Book, The Movie: Lady Sunshine; The Page 69 Test: The California Dreamers]

At The Nerd Daily Doan tagged "ten books that capture the gritty but exhilarating reality of van life before #vanlife." One title on the list:
Peeps, Erin Gordon, 2021

RV Life Magazine says Gordon’s novel “universally speaks to the adventurer in all of us…that yearning drive to reflect, refocus, and even replace our stagnant life with something new.”

Protagonist Meg, a 51-year-old podcaster who interviews “peeps” for her podcast of the same name, uses her solo motorhome odyssey to reflect on her mother’s death, her divorce, and her empty nest.

A touching novel with sharply observed moments of humor.
Read about the other entries on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue