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| Title | : | Walks Away Woman |
| Author | : | Ki Longfellow |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 254 pages |
| Published | : | December 7th 2013 by Eio Books (first published November 29th 2013) |
| Categories | : | Adventure. Survival. Fiction. Literature |
Ki Longfellow
Paperback | Pages: 254 pages Rating: 4.33 | 953 Users | 116 Reviews
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Ki Longfellow, acclaimed author of Flow Down Like Silver: Hypatia of Alexandria, The Secret Magdalene, and Houdini Heart has penned Walks Away Woman, a remarkable story of an ordinary woman driven to an extraordinary decision. Overwhelmed, overwrought, and overweight, an everyday housewife walks into the Sonoran Desert to die.But there's more to a desert than sand or death. There's thorns, venom, claws, heat, thirst, other people—and unexpected adventure.
As she says, "It's because your gums are receding and your hair is thinning and your neckline is sagging. It's because all you ever had was your youth, and you spent that so long ago now it's hard to remember what you bought with it. Mrs. Warner shuddered in her loosening skin, was almost running now. It's because you're scared. Lately you're so scared and so aimless and so useless you sleep half the day and panic half the night. In between, you watch TV to ward off the evil of watching yourself. So—if not death, then what?
"When she tripped over a rock—and in tripping, plunged over the edge of a cliff—Mrs. Warner had forgotten the desert, the cacti, the heat, the hunger, the thirst. All that was left was an ever increasing panic and an ever deepening desperation. And then there was the shock of falling and the screaming inside: Here we go, here we go—but don't hurt, don't hurt. Oh god, please! Don't hurt!
After that, there was nothing."
Until she woke up at the bottom of an arroyo with a lot of surviving to do. And all she had was her purse. It wasn't much to face a desert with, but Mrs. Warner, born Molly Brock, was in a fight for her life, the life she didn't want until she was just about to lose it.
What's an everyday housewife to do? In Molly's case, a lot. And every bit of it changing her from ordinary to extraordinary.
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| ISBN: | 1937819906 (ISBN13: 9781937819903) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://eiobooks.com/waw |
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It will make you smile, laugh, gasp, worry, and wish you could do as she did. It might even make you want to walk away. Not into a desert maybe, but away from the life you're living into the life you'd like to live. I admit that's how it's made me feel. So much so that I bought a plane ticket. Now I just have to get on the plane (which I hate, by the way) but after reading this wonderful tale, I realized I too want to walk away. Read this book. See if you want to walk away. You could be
Because it was a new one by Longfellow, I had to get it right away. You never know what you're getting with this writer, but I always wind up with something I savor to the last page. This time it's about a lonely housewife (not my thing) at the end of her rope (not my thing) who just gives up (not my thing) so does as the title says, walks away to die (not my thing). Since she lives in some 'burb in Tucson, Arizona, what she walks into is the Sonoran desert, the one with the really tall armed
A hellofava story. What a movie it would make.
I read Stephen King's "Joyland" at the same time. Being a fan, I was eager to live in his head for awhile. But as I just wrote on "Joyland"'s page, it was oddly flat ride, dull really. And then I read "Walks Away Woman" and everything amped up about 200%. The energy, the feel of the desert, the voice of the woman tramping about with her purse and then her donkey, was alive and witty. I couldn't wait to be done with "Joyland." I set "Walks Away Woman" aside with a sigh. Maybe in a few months or
You can find any number of books about men matching their wits against nature. Sailing, climbing, hiking, running, whatever. I can't think of any book where a woman matches her wits against nature. And certainly not a normal American soap opera watching, pill popping, aging housewife kind of woman. It's a simple tale and it isn't. To outline it is to spoil the absolute delight in following this woman out beyond the "trash line" (her great description of approaching human settlements) as she
Want to follow Molly Brock and her ass wherever she goes. Will there be a sequel? A movie? Great writing, compelling story, colorful world, fascinating characters - and what a character arc!
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