In this remarkable dual memoir, film legend Martin Sheen and his
accomplished actor/director son Emilio Estevez share the stories of
their lives while charting a spiritual journey through the Spain of
their ancestors.
At twenty-one, still a struggling actor, Martin and his wife, Janet,
welcomed their firstborn, Emilio, who was quickly followed by three more
children. Emilio had a special relationship with Martin: they often
mirrored each other's passions and sometimes clashed in their
differences. After Martin and Emilio traveled together to India for the
movie Gandhi, the beginnings of a spiritual awakening eventually led
both men to Spain. Along the famed Camino de Santiago pilgrimage path,
Emilio directed Martin in The Way, bringing generations together in
the region of Spain where Martin's father was born and near where
Emilio's own son had moved to marry and live.
With vivid, behind-the-scenes anecdotes, Along the Way is a striking,
stirring, funny story--a family saga that is as universal in its
rebellions and regrets, aspirations and triumphs.