Debi Holmes-Binney

After a failed marriage and a need to find herself, Debi Holmes-Binney decides to embark upon a 40-day desert experience to find herself. She barely gets there before she encounters a rainstorm and then a blizzard. She is aware of the threat of wild animals as well. In the early chapters of the book she expresses a need to draw closer to God, but then she takes along Thoreau, but not her Bible. I couldn't help but question whether or not she was serious about the spiritual aspect of her experience. As the narrative played out, she rarely revisited the spiritual side. She did reflect upon the words of the cashier who had told her to remember that she was not alone, but she felt that cashier was wrong, so she must not have believed in God's presence. The author has done a good job of telling of her adventures in the earliest days of her journey, but after she reaches the midway point, she rushes the narrative. The first 200 pages relate the first 20 days of her adventure. The next 40 tell of her last 20. I can't help but wonder what reflections she may have had during those days that were not recorded in this book. What is written is well-written, but the omissions during the time she was probably most reflective about her experience are too serious to be overlooked.… (mais)