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Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own Paperback – June 3, 2008

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  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Broadway Books (June 3, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0767928539
  • ISBN-13: 978-0767928533
  • Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.8 x 7.9 inches
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5.0 out of 5 starsVicarious Living at its Finest
By Lydia M. Netzer on June 3, 2008
Format: Paperback
I've never made it beyond the 'Hmm, interesting idea' stage regarding RV travel across the country with my husband. Fortunately for me, now I don't have to. Doreen Orion has lived through the ups and downs for me, and recorded them in all kinds of agonizing and hilarious detail. Queen of the Road is about more than just wacky hijinks: the dogs, the nudists, the cocktail recipes. Reading it is a window onto a marriage -- a very honest and illuminating portrayal of the way a marriage works in extreme circumstances. More than just 'we grew, we changed,' it's a road map to a certain kind of communication, a certain kind of togetherness, that was very interesting to witness. Chatty, honest, anecdotal, and real, this book asks nothing of you but your time, and in return delivers a read that feels like a funny friend with all the time in the world to share her exploits with you over martinis. Not your traditional travelogue, but something more accessible and less pretentious than the usual fare.
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5.0 out of 5 starsFun Read!
By Reader Mom on June 11, 2008
Format: Paperback
Doreen Orion, in her book - Queen of the Road has captured the wild adventure of living on a bus and wrapped it up in page after page of laughs. She uses her flaws and foibles openly to draw in the reader, making it seem as though we are right there with her. Bus Butt and all. As the story unfolds, she shifts from self proclaimed Princess and shoe worshipper to someone who appreciates a night sky and no-TV dinners, reminding us that there is more to life than this crazy game we live in.
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5.0 out of 5 starsQueen of the Road is Queen of the Written Road
By Maria Gagliano TOP 1000 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on December 16, 2008
Format: Paperback
I found this book hysterical. I love Doreen. This chick can tell a story. I love her attitude, the fact that she makes no apologies for who she is, her wit and her relationship with her husband.

Anyone whose nickname for their husband is "Project Nerd" while wearing her Manolo's and eating bonbons, while sipping a martini has to be a character. I would love her as a friend.

Doreen and Tim's relationship is based on mutual respect for each other and accepting and loving each other for the differences as much as their similarities which as far as I can tell is just their profession (the are both psychiatrists).

Her recount of the bus door flying open while Tim was driving made me laugh out loud.

Each chapter begins with a martini recipe and instructions, such as the:

Love Me Bender
2 parts passion fruit liqueur
2 parts champagne
1 part raspberry liqueur

Rest shaker on hip, gyrate, drink. If you can still recall that the love of your life is making
you live on a bus, repeat.

I love her description of Mardi Gras. She writes: Why would I want to scream and beg funny looking people to throw me some gaudy plastic doodads that wouldn't (Thank God) go with a single outfit I own?

And how she goes on to write how cows become steak, deer becomes venison and pigs turn into pork but chicken, rabbit and turkey stay the same. Funny, never thought about it but now I do.

I love how she also goes to her first open coffin wake and compares the body to waxed fruit. This chick is Fun-knee!!

Honestly, there are too many good things to point out in this book.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsWhat a Brave Queen!
By Patti on June 3, 2008
Format: Paperback
A bus trip where you live on a converted bus through 47 states? Oh no! I am a hotel gal, a cookie on the pillow gal 'ain't messin' with no tiny mint', a have someone clean up after me gal. So, when I started to read Doreen Orion's Queen of the Road I thought that I would have a laugh at her expense. I indeed did, many times, but then what I discovered shocked me. I started to envy her and Tim's excellent adventures. As well as her Queentastic way of celebrating near death experiences with creatively concocted martinis. Her telling, in her uniquely humorous way, of her self-diagnosed bus phobia had me nervously watching the road with her. Would they make it across those bridges? Would the turns be too tight? Would they be able to turn the bus back if need be? Was Tim driving too fast?! Tim, slow down!! Days turned into weeks and weeks turned into months. Tim kept driving while Doreen kept us informed of what they saw, who they met, and how she came to terms with the year she could have never imagined. If you love the idea of the open road and wonder what it would be like to live in a converted bus 'with pets no less', then this is the book for you. If you are like me and start feeling faint at the idea of no hotel service, then this is also the book for you. You'll laugh, you'll gasp, you'll be thankful Doreen was riding shotgun and survived her bus phobia to tell us all about it.
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5.0 out of 5 starsAlong For A Great Ride
By Gia Giovenale on January 20, 2016
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I really enjoyed this book, so much so that after reading a loaner from a friend, I bought my own copy, so I could visit the stops at leisure. Not only is the story enticing, of two people who actually followed their dream (well, at least his), but the author's wit creates almost the slightly unwilling, distaff version of a Bill Bryson travelogue. Written from the thoroughly urban view of a self-admitted shopaholic, it was at the same time funny and honestly romantic; I loved her 'Drinks of the Occasion' heading each chapter, whether created in celebration or in anxiety...toasting another chapter of their travels. For a fair part of the book I wasn't sure where the trip would end; her living up to her husband's assessment of a typical JAP, which I had arrived at well before the third chapter, but through their meanderings, her candid humor brings her to really appreciate an uncluttered and richer life. Doreen and her husband are people I'd be happy to meet in any RV setting, any state, any time. Thanks for letting us ride along on this hilarious journey!
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