At 23, Andrew Forsthoefel walked out the back door of his home with a backpack, an audio recorder, and a sign that read “Walking to Listen.” He had just graduated from college and was ready to begin his adult life, but didn’t know how. So he decided he’d walk. And listen. A memoir of one young man’s coming of age on a cross-country trek–told through the stories of the people of all ages, races, and inclinations he meets along the highways of America.