What if the greatest journey you ever take isn’t across the world… but back to yourself?
From the cobblestone streets of Edinburgh to the turquoise waters of Mexico, from the bustling energy of New York City to quiet moments of healing beside the ocean, Joanne invites readers on an unforgettable journey through the places that shaped her life and the people who forever changed it.
Part travel memoir, part fiction and part deeply personal reflection, The Miles Between Us is about far more than collecting passport stamps. It’s about growing up in a home marked by addiction, discovering the courage to travel the world alone, falling deeply in love across an ocean, surviving heartbreak, confronting fear, and learning that sometimes the longest journey isn’t measured in miles, it’s measured in healing.
With honesty, humor, vulnerability, and unforgettable storytelling, Joanne shares the moments that transformed her: breathtaking adventures, painful goodbyes, unexpected second chances, and the quiet realization that home isn’t always a place. Sometimes, it’s the person you become.
Whether you’ve dreamed of traveling the world, experienced the ache of loving someone you couldn’t keep, or simply wondered how to move forward after life changes your plans, this book will remind you that every detour has purpose.
Filled with unforgettable destinations, heartfelt life lessons, and the belief that it’s never too late to begin again, The Miles Between Us is a love letter to travel, to resilience, and ultimately, to yourself.
- ASIN : B0H7995V56
- Accessibility : Learn more
- Publication date : August 10, 2026
- Language : English
- File size : 3.3 MB
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 154 pages
- ISBN-13 : 979-8234116185
- Page Flip : Enabled
- Best Sellers Rank: #2,094,145 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #278 in Literary Travel
- #1,156 in Literary & Religious Travel Guides
- #14,285 in Women’s Literary Fiction
- Customer Reviews: 5.0 5.0 out of 5 stars (10)
Joanne McNellis Coelho is an author, traveler, and storyteller whose writing explores the people, places, love, loss, and unexpected moments that shape who we become.
Her debut book, The Miles Between Us: A Love Letter to the People and Places That Shaped Me, is a deeply personal reflection on the distances we travel, not only across the world, but between one another and within ourselves.
Drawing from a lifetime of travel and the relationships and experiences that have stayed with her, Joanne writes about memory, home, grief, forgiveness, and the realization that some of the most important distances in our lives aren’t measured in miles.
The Miles Between Us is her first book.
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