Michael S. Anderson has published a novel that is partially based on his reminiscences of traveling the Mother Road five decades ago, according to the Quincy (Ill.) Herald-Whig.
Driving cross country in a red convertible on Route 66 was an adventure for a young man in the late 1950s.
Add a pretty girl, and themes like date rape, abortion and adoption, and it adds up to a realistic period romance in the hands of writer and Quincyan Michael Anderson. […]
Since Anderson, a retired doctor, has found that it’s much easier to write what you know about, his novel, “Tastin’ California,” is a glimpse of how things were when he was enrolled in medical school and driving between Rockford, Ill., and Claremont, Calif. Much of his characters’ experiences are based on his own experiences and his memories of those of his friends.
Anderson has published another book, “A Lesson in Autumn,” and has written articles for the New England Journal of Medicine.
The book retails for $12.95, and can be purchased at Great Debate Books in Quincy.