"Borders of My Heart"

About the Book

"Borders of My Heart" is a simple and true story of a father's love for his son and his refusal to give him up when ordered to do so by a Michigan court after the mother had remarried and settled down. In order to retain physical custody, he had to defy the court order, resulting in a clandestine cross-country move to Southern California in contempt of that court. The flight, and its resulting aftermath, make up the time line of that odyssey, even further endearing the father to his son, as well as eventually to the son's own family, including three children that later came along.

About the Author

Jim Driscoll was born in Detroit, Michigan, on May 10, 1942. He graduated from the University of Detroit in 1964 with a liberal arts degree, majoring in history and English. In late 1970, after a divorce earlier that year, he moved to Los Angeles, California, with his young son and raised him in Southern California. In June 2000, after thirty-five years of service, he retired from General Motors Acceptance Corporation, the automobile financial arm of General Motors. After retiring, he followed his son's family in his son's employment relocations to San Francisco, California, then Vancouver, British Columbia, and now resides in Vancouver, Washington, near the Oregon border, as his son and family now themselves reside in nearby West Linn, Oregon.