She needs to prove to herself that she can surpass her expectations of herself and push her limitations farther than she ever thought. Does she take a run-of-the-mill course? Of course not! She takes the way-out-there course! The one where people have died. Plot description: Helen Carpenter, a year out from her divorce from her alcoholic husband and her devastating miscarriage, decides that she needs to shake up her life and signs up to take a three-week long survivalist course in the mountains of Wyoming. One of the things that is essential to fully appreciate this book is an understanding or empathy with grief and loss. This book has stuck with me for at least a week now – and I’ve reread it at least four times now, and there seems to be no end in sight. Side note: I should probably, at some point, explain my Goodreads rating system, but suffice it to say that in order to receive a 5-star rating from me, a book has to move me so much that my life feels altered after reading it (or I cannot stop thinking about it for days/weeks after finishing it). I loved it so much that it got one of my elusive 5-star ratings on Goodreads. (Left: Original Cover, Right: New Cover – releasing in Sept 2020)
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