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The Wild Truth
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The spellbinding story of Chris McCandless, who gave away his savings, hitchhiked to Alaska, walked into the wilderness alone, and starved to death in 1992, fascinated not just New York Times bestselling author Jon Krakauer, but also the rest of the nation. Krakauer's book, Into the Wild, became an international bestseller, translated into thirty-one languages, and Sean Penn's inspirational film by the same name further skyrocketed Chris McCandless to global fame. But the real story of Chris's life and his journey has not yet been told - until now. The missing pieces are finally revealed in The Wild Truth, written by Carine McCandless, Chris's beloved and trusted sister. Featured in both the book and film, Carine has wrestled for more than twenty years with the legacy of her brother's journey to self-discovery, and now tells her own story while filling in the blanks of his. Carine was Chris's best friend, the person with whom he had the closest bond, and who witnessed firsthand the dysfunctional and violent family dynamic that made Chris willing to embrace the harsh wilderness of Alaska. Growing up in the same troubled household, Carine speaks candidly about the deeper reality of life in the McCandless family. In the many years since the tragedy of Chris's death, Carine has searched for some kind of redemption. In this touching and deeply personal memoir, she reveals how she has learned that real redemption can only come from speaking the truth.

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Street Date:
11/11/2014
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English
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Carine McCandless. (2014). The Wild Truth. Unabridged HarperAudio.

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Carine McCandless. 2014. The Wild Truth. HarperAudio.

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Carine McCandless, The Wild Truth. HarperAudio, 2014.

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Carine McCandless. The Wild Truth. Unabridged HarperAudio, 2014.

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      • content: Carine McCandless offers a memoir of her brother, Chris, who became posthumously famous by Jon Krakauer's INTO THE WILD. McCandless's book attempts to clear up the mystery of why her brother left their family to walk into the Alaskan wilderness, where he would starve to death at the age of 22. Although McCandless is clearly not a professional narrator--her pacing isn't always quite right, and some emotional scenes are slightly under- or overwrought--her story of family violence and the consequent search for peace and unconditional love is rendered honestly in a strong, clear voice. McCandless's undying love for her lost brother, who protected her from a violent father and a self-absorbed mother, pierces the heart. Her voice also portrays a solid loyalty to her half-siblings. A.B. © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine
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        Twenty years ago, Jon Krakauer wrote in Into the Wild the stunning story of Chris McCandless, a young man who walked into the Alaska wilderness and starved to death. At the time, Krakauer spoke with Chris’s sister, Carine, who allowed Krakauer to read Chris’s letters, but asked the author not to print them. Two decades later, in this fiercely honest and gripping memoir, Carine shares many of these letters and candidly reveals the harsh and violent family in which the two grew up. The siblings’ father constantly berated and physically abused his young wife, and, as young children, Chris and Carine comforted each other the best they could. “Our parents hurt us constantly, but they were our parents. We wanted to believe the warm moments showed who they genuinely were, not just another part of the show they put on.” Chris eventually found freedom when he took off on his own in the year following high school graduation, and before he entered Emory—his father demanded to know Chris’s plans for the summer, but Chris refused, making the threats fell empty. When Chris headed off on his post-college journey, he left Carine to cope with her parents, and to stake out her own life. In the end, this is Carine’s story. She honestly shares her successes and failures in work and relationships as she comes to the realization that she has tried to find in adult life what was lacking in her childhood: worth, strength, and unconditional love.

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        The author's older brother famously went into the Alaskan bush in 1992 and became immortalized by Jon Krakauer in the best-seller, Into the Wild (1996). As portrayed here, Carine and Chris McCandless grew up in a household suffering from psychological and physical abuse at the hands of parents who shared a tumultuous relationship. This scorched-earth memoir has a certain dark appeal, but readers looking for insight into why Chris sought comfort in the wilderness and tried to emulate Thoreau will likely be somewhat disappointed. Carine writes of her painful search for love, numerous failed attempts to make peace with parents she loathes, and her lifelong affection for her brother, but reveals no secret truth as to why he chose Alaska. Drawing on previously unpublished letters from Chris and her own recollections, she seeks to answer the questions raised by the Into the Wild myth. But while readers will know Carine intimately by the final pages, they can not deny that yet again Chris is revealed through the lens of someone else's memories.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2014, American Library Association.)

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