Girl in the Woods

Girl in the Woods is Aspen Matis s exhilarating true life adventure of hiking from Mexico to Canada a coming of age story, a survival story, and a triumphant story of overcoming emotional devastation On her second night of college, Aspen was raped by a fellow student Overprotected by her parents who discouraged her from telling of the attack, Aspen was confused and ashamed Dealing with a problem that has sadly become all too common on college campuses around the country, she stumbled through her first semester a challenging time made even harder by the coldness of her college s conflict mediation process Her desperation growing, she made a bold decision She would seek healing in the freedom of the wild, on the 2,650 mile Pacific Crest Trail leading from Mexico to Canada.In this inspiring memoir, Aspen chronicles her journey, a five month trek that was ambitious, dangerous, and transformative A nineteen year old girl alone and lost, she conquered desolate mountain passes and met rattlesnakes, bears, and fellow desert pilgrims Exhausted after each thirty mile day, at times on the verge of starvation, Aspen was forced to confront her numbness, coming to terms with the sexual assault and her parents disappointing reaction On the trail and on her own, she found that survival is predicated on persistent self reliance She found her strength After a thousand miles of solitude, she found a man who helped her learn to love and trust again and heal.Told with elegance and suspense, Girl in the Woods is a beautifully rendered story of eroding emotional and physical boundaries to reveal the truths that lie beyond the edges of the map. Best Download eBook Girl in the Woods Author Aspen Matis – kino-fada.fr This book has a lot of problems, but I m intrigued by the story of thru hiking women and that is what drew me to the book and kept me reading it I m surprised by the number of reviewers who thought this was better than Wild Both women hiked the PCT trail alone following personal trauma although Matis joined up with other hikers for much of her journey but the similarities end there Strayed took much longer to write her book after her hike and I think that was a good thing Matis book at ma This book has a lot of problems, but I m intrigued by the story of thru hiking women and that is what drew me to the book and kept me reading it I m surprised by the number of reviewers who thought this was better than Wild Both women hiked the PCT trail alone following personal trauma although Matis joined up w...While Matis has real descriptive skill, I found this book irritating, and compares poorly to Wild its progenitor I m deeply empathetic for what she suffered and why she decides to hike the PCT, and passages were really lovely to read, but she is so self involved that ...Mixed, mixed feelings I ll start with the good it was a page turner I wanted to know what happened and neglected a day of work to get to the end The descriptions of the trail angels and trail magic were just that magic Although some people sounded seriously crazy and addicted to drugs alcohol The idea of walking the whole trai...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here While there s no doubt that Aspen Matis is a very talented young writer, I found myself extremely irritated with her for most of this book There are so many things that don t make sense that I wonder how much of it is really true How, if her mother is such a helicopter that she can t even dress herself, did she manage to get away for monhts in the summer before college to hike the JMT That s mentioned almost like an afterthought, but it s hugely important My immediate reaction was that she w While there s no doubt that Aspen Matis is a very talented young writer, I found myself extremely irritated with her for most of this book There are so many things that don t make sense that I wonder how much of it is really true How, if her mother is such a helicopter that she can t even dress herself, did she manage to get away for monhts in the summer before college to hike the JMT That s mentioned almost like an afterthought, but it s hugely important My immediate reaction was that she was overdramatizing her relationship with her mother to make the storycompelling She makes it sound as if she has never done anything for herself, but obviously, she has It s not like she s taking on the PCT without a good amount of experience with long trails, and yet she STILL makes terrible decisions and puts her life in danger.She quotes herself interacting with her mother, and i...As Aspen s writing teacher I m not unbiased, since the book started with three beautiful short pieces in my class in the New York Times Modern Love column, Tin House and Psychology Today At 25 years old, Aspen has done what many authors never achieve she s written a gorgeous, honest, intense, serious and poignant memoir and published it with one of the best houses in the country While I fear the knives will come out because of jealousy and her provocative subject matter surviving date rape a As Aspen s writing teacher I m not unbiased, since the book started with three beautiful short pieces in my class in the New York Times Modern Love column, Tin House and Psychology Today At 25 years old, Aspen has done what many authors never achieve she s written a gorgeous, honest, intense, serious and poignant memoir and published it with one of the best houses in the country While I fear the knives will come out because of jeal...I m going to give this 2.5 stars It had an intriguing premise and I did enjoy reading about the actual PCT hike, but the writing was redundant and heavy handed Though I respect her motives and her courage to be so open about her rape, the author was spoiled and unli...I disliked this book The author walked about 2,500 miles along the Pacific Coast Trail from Mexico to Canada She comes across as self absorbed, immature, overly dependant, entitled and spoiled She decided to walk after being raped on her second night at college and away from home which was a traumatizing experience It is clear that she was emotionally damaged long before this During her hike she is vitriolic towards her mother, and says she hopes her walk terrifies the mother, but often wi I disliked this book The author walked about 2,500 miles along the Pacific Coast Trail from Mexico to Canada She comes across as self absorbed, immature, overly dependant, entitled and spoiled She decided to walk after being raped on her second night at college and away from home which was a traumatizing experi...It s a challenge to find a well written trail narrative This one is better than most, though a proofreader would certainly have helped More on that later It s unusual for people to change their names, yet both this author and PCT hiker Cheryl Strayed did so The similarities end there, however, and it s particularly interesting how different how muchpopulated Aspen Matis trail experience is from Cheryl Strayed s and others It s both exciting and alarming to read about the weather, It s a challenge to find a well written trail narrative This one is better than most, though a proofreader would certainly have helped More on that later It s unusual for people to change their names, yet both this author and PCT hiker Cheryl Strayed did so The similarities end there, however, and it s particularly interesting how different how muchpopulated Aspen Matis trail experience is from Cheryl Strayed s and others It s both exciting and alarming to read about the weather, food, and footing risks that Aspen Matis took I frequently wondered what I d have done in her place, which makes for enjoyable reading Readers get to know few of the people encountered on the hike, and those who are fully drawn are distasteful Because of this,...DNF 30%I can t be in this person s head oneminute I have a huge fascination with hiking the Pacific Crest Trail and even though I wasn t enjoying the writing, I thought the hiking would carry me through Wel...This book took me a long time to read, for a number of reasons To be frank, it was quite dull at times Despite being an avid reader I found myself having to pause, merely to try to re gain interest I would describe this book as being a stream of consciousness, it s not a real novel It s incredibly disorganized Aspen repeats the same thoughts again and again, there s really no difference bet...

• English
• 14 January 2018
Aspen Matis
• Hardcover
• 384 pages
• 0062291068
• Aspen Matis
• Girl in the Woods