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Out of the woods : a memoir of wayfinding / Lynn Darling.
Van Pelt Library CT275.D236 A3 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Darling, Lynn.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Darling, Lynn.
- Middle-aged women--United States--Biography.
- Middle-aged women.
- Widows--United States--Biography.
- Widows.
- Solitude.
- Life change events.
- United States.
- Women journalists--United States--Biography.
- Women journalists.
- Life change events--Case studies.
- Solitude--Case studies.
- Adjustment (Psychology)--Case studies.
- Adjustment (Psychology).
- Self-actualization (Psychology)--Case studies.
- Self-actualization (Psychology).
- Woodstock (Vt.)--Biography.
- Woodstock (Vt.).
- Woodstock (Vt.)--Social life and customs.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Case studies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 270 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Harper, [2014]
- Summary:
- "Combining the soul-baring 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, full of warmth and wry humor, Out of the Woods. 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. Searching for answers, she leaves New York for the solitary woods of Vermont. Removed from the familiar, cocooned in the natural world, her only companions a new dog and a compass, she hopes to develop a sense of direction--both in the woods and in her life. Hiking unmapped trails, Darling meditates on the milestones of her past; as she adapts to her new surroundings, she uses the knowledge she's gained to chart her future. And 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--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'"-- Provided by publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9780061710247
- 0061710245
- OCLC:
- 850180286
- Online:
- Cover image
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