I finished reading the Memory of Running by Ron McLarty. It was a very engaging story, with a forty three year old man who has lost both of his parents in an accident. He finds a letter to his father. The letter is about his sister and he decides he must go to California and claim his sister's body. He has been depressed all his life over the loss of his sister and her mental problems, so this "quest" that he is on brings him many positive experiences with people and helps him to reach out and claim a better side of himself. The journey starts in Rhode Island on a bike and his adventure begins without any preparation; he just knows he need to go there and resolve his relationship with his sister. He loves her very much, but has been unable to help in the past. The book flashes back to the past to understand the history of Smithy Ide.