A Thousand Miles From Care, Steve Johnson
A Thousand Miles From Care, Steve Johnson
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A Thousand Miles From Care

Author: Steve Johnson

Narrator: Steve Johnson

Unabridged: 10 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/04/2024


Synopsis

Soon to be a MAJOR MOVIE. A Thousand Miles from Care At the entrance of Sydney Harbor, the cliffs rise fourteen stories above the Pacific, like a gigantic skirt made of sandstone. North Head, one of the most memorable cliffs, is a gorgeous place to watch the sunrise. But it’s an unforgiving place to lose your footing. When Steve Johnson’s younger brother Scott went over the edge in 1988, he hit an outcrop on the way down and exploded on the rocks below. A Thousand Miles from Care This profoundly impactful book traces the steps Steve Johnson, his family and friends took to solve the mystery of Scott’s alleged suicide, navigating an openly hostile police force and a maze of dead ends, unreliable informants, skinhead gangs, a faked confession, police-connected drug rings, and setbacks at every turn. is above all, a love story between two brothers but shared by everyone who worked so long for truth and justice for Scott.

About Steve Johnson

Steve Johnson and his partner, Lou Fancher, have worked as a creative team for more than twenty-six years, illustrating more than forty-five children’s books, including My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss, Maya Angelou’s Amazing Peace, and Margery Williams’s The Velveteen Rabbit, adapted by Lou Fancher. They live with their son in the San Francisco Bay area.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kate Victoria on May 02, 2025

This story was heartbreaking in so many ways. I enjoyed the subjective narrative, full of the author’s history with his brother, as well as steps taken to find out the truth. Since this is written by a family member, the objective take is sometimes missing, which differs from other nonfiction true c......more

Goodreads review by Karen on June 18, 2024

Wow, just wow! I rarely read non fiction but something about this obviously caught my eye. I was gripped from the beginning. The lives of the young Tessa, Steve and Scott Johnson were not easy but their love for each other and their wish to go as far as they could held them in good stead. Both Steve......more

Goodreads review by Witchetty Sophie on August 04, 2024

Another country, a thousand miles from home, no answers just questions. Absolutely eye opening and what a journey. The hidden truths of victims of homicide in the gay community, idiot cops and judgmental, lazy, down right criminal police efforts. Corruption in the spotlight and the never ending road......more

Goodreads review by nickiknackinoo on July 06, 2024

This is a change from my normal genres but the story really moved me and I needed to read this story desperately. What lengths a brother will go to to find out what happened to his brother. This made me cry and smile in equal measures, as Steve tells stories of his shared childhood with Scott, and......more

Goodreads review by Gary on November 05, 2024

This is an account of Steve Johnson's quest for justice for his brother Scott, who was killed in unusual circumstances at North Head Sydney Australia and the intransigence of the NSW Police Force to investigate Scott's death as suspicious and label it as suicide. But it's much more than this. It's t......more


Quotes

'An extraordinary memoir. By turns harrowing, infuriating, and inspiring, it is partly a requiem for a loved one and a lament for all of the brilliant, wonderful people the world was robbed of, simply because they were gay. The pitiless pointlessness of it all is breathtaking, but so too is the decency and love that permeates this book' Gareth Russell 'Motivated by love and loss of his brother, this inspiring and heartbreaking true story provides a timely and powerful reminder to never take no for an answer in the pursuit of justice. Steve Johnson has ensured Scott Johnson's legacy would be a safer world for gay men, and that legacy is now enduring' Alex Greenwich MP