The Sunset Route: Freight Trains, Forgiveness, and Freedom on the Rails in the American West (Unabridged) The Sunset Route: Freight Trains, Forgiveness, and Freedom on the Rails in the American West (Unabridged)

The Sunset Route: Freight Trains, Forgiveness, and Freedom on the Rails in the American West (Unabridged‪)‬

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Publisher Description

The unforgettable story of one woman who leaves behind her hardscrabble childhood in Alaska to travel the country via freight train—a beautiful memoir about forgiveness, self-discovery, and the redemptive power of nature, perfect for fans of Wild or Educated.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER • “An urgent read. A courageous life. Quinn’s story burns through us and bleeds beauty on every page.”—Noé Álvarez, author of Spirit Run: A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America’s Stolen Land

After a childhood marked by neglect, poverty, and periods of homelessness, with a mother who believed herself to be the reincarnation of the Virgin Mary, Carrot Quinn moved out on her own. She found a sense of belonging among straight-edge anarchists who taught her how to traverse the country by freight trains, sleep in fields under the stars, and feed herself by foraging in dumpsters. Her new life was one of thrilling adventure and freedom, but still she was haunted by the ghosts of her lonely and traumatic childhood.

The Sunset Route is a powerful and brazenly honest adventure memoir set in the unseen corners of the United States—in the Alaskan cold, on trains rattling through forests and deserts, as well as in low-income apartments and crowded punk houses—following a remarkable protagonist who has witnessed more tragedy than she thought she could ever endure and who must learn to heal her own heart. Ultimately, it is a meditation on the natural world as a spiritual anchor, and on the ways that forgiveness can set us free.

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
NARRATOR
ES
Erin Spencer
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
09:27
hr min
RELEASED
2021
July 6
PUBLISHER
Random House Audio
SIZE
303.7
MB

Customer Reviews

thetattooedlizzard ,

Love love love!

I love this book and Carrot! I have read Thru Hiking Will Break Your Heart about 10 times and I’ll probably read it 10 times more in my lifetime. Great read! Can’t wait for the next book.

Card scanner ,

Wow

Carrot records the story of her life. Well written and narrated. My heart goes out to her for sharing what was a very tough childhood to say the least. And yet she has made a good life for herself. Thank you Carrot.

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