The Twenty
One Woman's Trek Across Corsica on the GR20 Trail
Marianne C. Bohr
- 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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