Page 60 - Spring Summer 2023

There’s always an escape.

Sometimes you need to search long and hard

for the right one.

After losing all he once cherished, Doug Zimmer follows his
wife’s parting bread crumbs and rides up the Pacific coast—on a
bicycle. Armed with a revolver and only a vague plan to get
through the months ahead, he aims to end his depression one
way or the other.

As spiritual forces wrangle for his soul, he pedals eastward
across America. He meets Lauren Baumgartner—a younger
adventurer with a vibrant spirit—and a band of zealots who
confront his aversion to religion. Accompanying Doug are not
only sunny days and the beauty of nature but also the perils of
the road, fellow travelers with their own stories, and the hollow
silence of solitary campsites playing host to unseen creatures of
the night.
A jarring episode on a climb through a treacherous pass brings
Doug face-to-face with life and death. Will Doug’s adventure
deliver him from loneliness and lament . . . or hurtle him to an
abrupt end?
“Tim Bishop's The Persistent Road will draw you in
and keep you turning the pages. It's a book I'll read
again and again.”

—PATRICIA BRADLEY, Author of Counter Attack
“The Persistent Road is a beautifully written story
of tragedy and triumph. This is a journey well worth
taking.”
—ACE COLLINS, Christy Winning Author
Order online or in
person wherever
books are sold.

After a thirty-year career in business, Tim Bishop ’75, left his
corporate treasurer position, married his dream girl, and
embarked with her to parts unknown—on bicycles. Ten
thousand miles later, the first-time newlyweds have written four
books about their cycling adventures. Their devotional Wheels
of Wisdom won four first-place book awards. Publishers Weekly
dubbed it “a road map for life.”

Tim volunteers as a coach for a ministry that reaches people
who are dealing with challenging life issues. In addition to
writing inspirational content, he has also penned the business
book Hedging Demystified. A graduate of the University of
Maine, a CPA, and a three-time Maine chess champion, Tim
and his wife, Debbie, live in Middle Tennessee. Connect with Tim Bishop
him at TimBishopWrites.com. HHS Class of 1975

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