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The Twenty: One Woman's Trek Across Corsica on the Gr20 Trail

The Twenty: One Woman's Trek Across Corsica on the Gr20 Trail

Bohr, Marianne C.

Paperback

Biographies GeneralAging & Elder CareTravel Writing

Publisher Price: $17.95

ISBN10: 1647424321
ISBN13: 9781647424329
Publisher: She Writes Press
Published: Jun 6 2023
Pages: 328
Weight: 0.95
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.45
Language: English
Awards: Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards
Great for fans of: Suzanne Roberts's Almost Somewhere, Juliana Buhring's This Road I Ride.

Marianne Bohr and her husband, about to turn sixty, are restless for adventure. They decide on an extended, desolate trek across the French island of Corsica--the GR20, Europe's toughest long-distance footpath--to challenge what it means to grow old. Part travelogue, part buddy story, part memoir, The Twenty is a journey across a rugged island of stunning beauty little known outside Europe.

From a chubby, non-athletic child, Bohr grew into a fit, athletic person with an I'll show them attitude. But hiking The Twenty forces her to transform a lifetime of hard-won achievements into acceptance of her body and its limitations. The difficult journey across a remote island provides the crucible for exploring what it means to be an aging woman in a youth-focused culture, a physically fit person whose limitations are getting the best of her, and the partner of a husband who is growing old with her. More than a hiking tale, The Twenty is a moving story infused with humor about hiking, aging, accepting life's finite journey, and the intimacy of a long-term marriage--set against the breathtaking beauty of Corsica's rugged countryside.


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