"Berner gives us both travelogue and memoir in living, breathing depth and color. Outstanding " (D.S. White, Editor-in-Chief, Longshot Island) "Reflective, engaging... Berner's authentic storytelling takes you with him on his travels through the chapters of his life where in the end, he reveals connections to finding a place to be, his home under the stars." (Nancy Chadwick, author of Under the Birch Tree) "A writer with an enormous sense of humanity." (Grady Harp, San Francisco Review of Books) "Berner has a no-holds-barred writing style. Raw, honest, confessional. He's a master storyteller." (Geralyn Hesslau Magrady, author of Lines) "Berner's work always captures the essence of what it is to be human." (Larry Richert, KDKA Radio) "Berner writes with vulnerability, humor, and grace." (Scott Whitehair, founder, Chicago's This Much is True.)