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Evergreen Lodge
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Tom J. Bross
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
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Publisher's Summary
From the #1 Bestselling Author of Don't Call Me Jupiter comes Evergreen Lodge: A Memoir, a hilarious and relatable coming-of-age story that will have you laughing out loud and reminiscing about your teenage years. If you enjoy comedy writers like David Sedaris, Jenny Lawson & Seth Rogan, you won't want to miss this one.
Remember when your friends were everything and a new song was enough to blow your mind? Take a fabulous flashback trip to the late 70s with a group of teens working at a semi-dysfunctional family-owned lodge near Yosemite National Park. Relive an era in which you were in search of yourself as much as the next party. You'll go skinny dipping at midnight, disco dance under the stars, play pranks on your friends, and beer-bong your way down the Merced River. Some are running away from their regular lives, others are victims of their own runaway hormones. Join the staff at this picturesque resort as they care for and occasionally abuse their customers and keep an eye out for bears!