{"product_id":"almost-somewhere-twenty-eight-days-on-the-john-muir-trail-paperback","title":"Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSuzanne Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the National Outdoor Book Award in Outdoor Literature\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It was 1993, Suzanne Roberts had just finished college, and when her friend suggested they hike California's John Muir Trail, the adventure sounded like the perfect distraction from a difficult home life and thoughts about the future. But she never imagined that the twenty-eight-day hike would change her life. Part memoir, part nature writing, part travelogue, \u003ci\u003eAlmost Somewhere\u003c\/i\u003e is Roberts's account of that hike. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e John Muir wrote of the Sierra Nevada as a \"vast range of light,\" and that was exactly what Roberts was looking for. But traveling with two girlfriends, one experienced and unflappable and the other inexperienced and bulimic, she quickly discovered that she needed a new frame of reference. Her story of a month in the backcountry--confronting bears, snowy passes, broken equipment, injuries, and strange men--is as much about finding a woman's way into outdoor experience as it is about the natural world Roberts so eloquently describes. Candid and funny, and finally, wise, \u003ci\u003eAlmost Somewhere\u003c\/i\u003e not only tells the whimsical coming-of-age story of a young woman ill-prepared for a month in the mountains but also reflects a distinctly feminine view of nature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This new edition includes an afterword by the author looking back on the ways both she and the John Muir Trail have changed over the past thirty years, as well as book club and classroom discussion questions and photographs from the trip.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSuzanne Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eAnimal Bodies: On Death, Desire, and Other Difficulties\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska, 2022), \u003ci\u003eBad Tourist: Misadventures in Love and Travel\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska 2020), and four collections of poetry. She writes and teaches in South Lake Tahoe, California. Visit her website: www.suzanneroberts.net \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 318\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 8.5 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759073853728,"sku":"9781496236920","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d90a173c156bd485a6d0889fca6d26a6.webp?v=1780141951","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/almost-somewhere-twenty-eight-days-on-the-john-muir-trail-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}