Girl in the Woods
A Memoir
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4.2 • 100 Ratings
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
On her second night of college, amidst the excitement of new friends, new classes, and a new campus, Aspen Matis was raped by a fellow freshman. She stumbled through her first semester until she finally decided to run. The only road in sight: the 2,650 mile Pacific Crest Trail leading from Mexico to Canada.
Now, in this grippingly honest and inspiring memoir of adventure, Aspen recounts her journey from shattered girl to self-reliant woman, as she discovered herself in the wilderness of the American West. Along the way, she learns to trust others again, but more importantly she learns to trust herself. A poignant testament to the transformative power of self-reliance, Girl In The Woods is a story of survival, self-discovery, and liberation, but most of all, it is a story of finding hope and healing in nature.
Customer Reviews
Repeat
I enjoyed her trip ... Her walk ... Great courage to sleep alone on a PCT trail ... Expressly with no tent ... Brave!
Too much repeat of the same issues ... And sometimes too many words to define/detail the beauty of the trip. I got lost is trying to "see" what she was describing.
But her hike knocked my socks off!
Wild Child
Not exactly what I thought I was going to read. I did enjoy reading about the PCT and their were many things that had me thinking. Some understandable situations, circumstances, emotions, feelings and that's why memoirs are GREAT.
A bold memoir
Interesting read, very well written. Although I got the feeling she had more hiking experience and more planning went into the trip than we are told, the author doesn't pull any punches on her highs and lows on the events up to and during her hike along the PCT. Bravo! Would be interesting to have a follow up to know more about what happened at various stages of the adventure, and to some characters. For example, what happened to Icecap?