The Broken Ukulele

Join author Mark Hunter Lavigne as he backpacks solo through Ontario’s Algonquin Park in search of a campsite safely situated on high ground, drinking water that won’t give him beaver fever, and—maybe, just maybe—the meaning of life!

Along the way, Mark shares some hard-won advice grounded in his own experiences, including:

• Always try to build two benches with the same wood.


• Celebrate life’s little moments so you’re ready for the big ones.


• Avoid debt at all costs.

As Mark’s sojourn continued, he decided readers young and old, but especially those nearer to the beginning of life’s journey than its end, might enjoy and perhaps even benefit from the various life lessons he has learned over the years. The result is a book that is insightful, amusing, and sometimes poignant.