The Twenty

Book cover of The Twenty: One Woman's Trek Across Corsica on the GR20 Trail

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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…

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1 author picked The Twenty as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Kathy Elkind

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I love this adventure travel memoir about hiking across Corsica, a French island in the Mediterranean, because the author and her husband who just turned sixty, inspire me to keep walking and adventuring for as long as possible.

The GR20 is one of the toughest trails in Europe and the author shows us with her determination and honesty how to persist. After reading this book, I’m excited to add the GR20 to my wish list of walks or at least dream about it.

From Kathy's list on strong women walking.