Across the Street and Around the Corner: A Road Home by Mary Lea Carroll is a non-fiction memoir published in 2024 that blends stories from her 1960s childhood with present-day observations of her neighborhood, inspired by the pandemic's forced slowdown. The book is a collection of funny, touching, and thought-provoking anecdotes about community, neighborliness, and finding connection in everyday life, weaving together her past and present to explore what makes a place feel like home.
Mary Lea Carroll is the author of Across the Street, Around the Corner: A Road Home. Her previous books include Saint Everywhere: Travels in Search of the Lady Saints (a People Magazine Pick) and Somehow Saints: More Travels in Search of the Saintly. Before marriage and family life, Mary Lea Carroll was a travel guide, part-time journalist, and writer’s assistant at Paramount Studios.
Across the Street and Around the Corner: A Road Home by Mary Lea Carroll is a non-fiction memoir published in 2024 that blends stories from her 1960s childhood with present-day observations of her neighborhood, inspired by the pandemic's forced slowdown. The book is a collection of funny, touching, and thought-provoking anecdotes about community, neighborliness, and finding connection in everyday life, weaving together her past and present to explore what makes a place feel like home.
Mary Lea Carroll is the author of Across the Street, Around the Corner: A Road Home. Her previous books include Saint Everywhere: Travels in Search of the Lady Saints (a People Magazine Pick) and Somehow Saints: More Travels in Search of the Saintly. Before marriage and family life, Mary Lea Carroll was a travel guide, part-time journalist, and writer’s assistant at Paramount Studios.
