BOOK CLUB by AwA
BOOK REVIEW SEPTEMBER 2022, Off the Beaten Path Bookstore convened three authors whose works embody women’s explorations of their need for solitude and independence balanced with a need for community. These “Badass Women of the West” have laid their lives bare. In reading these books, women will see themselves, the fears they were brought up with, the exploration of their place in
the world, and,—in the end,—the connection to nature that has traditionally been reserved for men. The natural world is being claimed by women more and more as part of who they are and who they have every right to be. Men should not be discouraged from reading these books as, although the stories center around women, the need to find oneself will resonate all the same.
ALONE IN WONDERLAND by Christine Reed
Christine lays her life and her soul bare as she begins a hike of the Wonderland Trail in Mt. Rainier National Park. As she moves along the trail, the reader is taken through the experiences that have brought her to this point. Reed’s honesty about her life’s experiences are uncomfortable at times but that honesty and willingness to be vulnerable is what keeps the reader hanging on her words, hoping she will find the peace she is looking for.
ELEVATE THE ARTS: Visit Off the Beaten Path Bookstore to buy these books and books by local Steamboat Springs authors.
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Art with Altitude