Suzanne   Roberts
Day One, and already she was lying in her journal. It was 1993, Suzanne Roberts had just finished college, and when her friend suggested they hike Californiaâ€™s John Muir Trail, the adventure sounded like the perfect distraction from a difficult home life and thoughts about the future. But she never imagined that the twenty-eight-day hike would change her life. Part memoir, part nature writing, part travelogue, ,Almost Somewhere, is Robertsâ€™s account of that hike.,John Muir had written of the Sierra Nevada as a â€œvast range of light,â€ and this was exactly what Roberts was looking for. But traveling with two girlfriends, one experienced and unflappable and the other inexperienced and bulimic, she quickly discovered that she needed a new frame of reference. Her story of a month in the backcountryâ€”confronting bears, snowy passes, broken equipment, injuries, and strange menâ€”is as much about finding a womanâ€™s way into outdoor experience as it is about the natural world she so eloquently describes. Candid and funny and, finally, wise, ,Almost Somewhere, is not just the whimsical coming-of-age story of a young woman ill-prepared for a month in the mountains but also the reflection of a distinctly feminine view of nature.Â  Â ,Watch a book trailer.,Purchase the audio edition.
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Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail