Olivia and Melanie Greene lost their parents ten years ago in a fatal auto accident when the girls were on a hiking trip. Each sister has coped with the loss in their own way. Olivia buried herself in law school, work and a materialistic life style. Melanie went to the other extreme dropping out of college and pursuing a spiritual experience crafted from many sources including Christianity.
In an effort to bridge the gap between them, Melanie convinces Olivia to go on a hiking trip in the Porcupine Mountains in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Once committed, each sister is not quite sure why they’re doing this.
The author did an excellent job portraying the differences between the sisters. Melanie is a little disorganized while Olivia is controlling and has planned the trip in minute detail. The contrast makes for fascinating reading as the sisters face unexpected dangers and deviations from Olivia’s carefully laid out schedule.
If you’ve even gone camping, you can relate to the problems faced on the trail. Sometimes it seems that whatever can go wrong will. Camping makes you realize that there’s only one way forward. You learn from your mistakes and move on. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the way the sisters coped with their surprises. I highly recommend this book. It’s an excellent character study.
I received this book from NetGalley for this review.
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