Tom Gilligan

Tom Gilligan is a retired psychologist. The death of his father precipitated a change in his career from marketing to psychology, a change that required many years as a full-time mature student attending various universities in Canada. During that time, he became separated from his two children. This memoir tells the tale of his solo journey across Canada on a used bicycle to rejoin them. At times he was alone and at risk in a world that had not yet developed such things as cell phones,...See more

Tom Gilligan is a retired psychologist. The death of his father precipitated a change in his career from marketing to psychology, a change that required many years as a full-time mature student attending various universities in Canada. During that time, he became separated from his two children. This memoir tells the tale of his solo journey across Canada on a used bicycle to rejoin them. At times he was alone and at risk in a world that had not yet developed such things as cell phones, personal computers, and the internet to facilitate communication. He now lives on a small island off the west coast of British Columbia with his wife and a large dog. He has published articles in professional journals and written many psychological reports about others. This is the first time that he has told his own story, but it won't be his last. See less