Wayfinding Memoir (P.S. Paperback)

Blending the soul-bearing insight of Wild, the profound wisdom of Shop Class as Soulcraft, and the adventurous spirit of Eat, Pray, Love, Lynn Darling's powerful, lyrical memoir of self-discovery, Out of the Woods, is filled with warmth and wry humor. When her college-bound daughter leaves home, Lynn Darling, widowed over a decade earlier, finds herself alone and utterly lost, with no idea of what she wants or even who she is. Seeking answers, she leaves New York for the solitary woods of Vermont, where she hopes to develop a sense of direction, both in the woods and in her life.

Removed from the familiar and cocooned in the natural world, with only a new dog and a compass as her companions, Darling meditates on the milestones of her past as she hikes unmapped trails. As she adapts to her new surroundings, she uses the knowledge she's gained to chart her future. When an unexpected setback nearly derails her newfound balance, she is able to draw upon her newfound skills to find her bearings and stay the course.

In revealing how one woman learned to navigate, both literally and metaphorically, the uneven course of life, Out of the Woods is, in the words of Pulitzer-prize winning author Geraldine Brooks, "a marvelous book . . . both a compass and a manifesto for navigating the often-treacherous switchbacks of the second half of life." The book blends the soul-baring insight of Wild, the profound wisdom of Shop Class as Soulcraft, and the adventurous spirit of Eat, Pray, Love, creating a powerful, lyrical memoir of self-discovery that is filled with warmth and wry humor.

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