Confessions of a Hobo’s Daughter

Katie Nolan wonders whether her intimate relationships have failedbecause for decades she had to keep her father’s brutal secret. He killeda guard to escape from a depression era chain gang and confesses he is afugitive, asking her to tell no one until after he is dead. Katie goes on ajourney of discovery hoping to find what has derailed her. By using herjournals, and while on a thirty-day train trip that follows her hobofather’s tracks, she weaves together her father’s story and her own, discovering something about trust and love