Personal Accounts and Reflections
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Caanen, Leona Françoise (2021) On My Way: 800 Kilometres to Destination Self. Independently published. Paperback ISBN-13: 979-8502278607. Kindle ASIN: B0942PL26F. Meeting yourself anew can be daunting, but doing so while hiking 800 kilometres across Northern Spain can be life-changing. Aged 19, Leona grabbed her backpack and headed to St. Jean Pied-de-Port, in southern France, and commenced her 35-day trek. The road filled itself with beautiful nature and small towns, blisters and bruises, meaningful conversations with travellers from all over the world, and the endless opportunity of meeting oneself over and over again. Each moment of laughter, joy, doubt, frustration and perseverance leading not just to the grand arrival in Santiago de Compostela, but also to the revelation that you are the creator of your own life. Experience the Camino through the eyes of Leona. From making the decision to travel, to spending nights in rooms with strangers, to returning to life’s daily rhythm. The Camino is not just about enjoying a fantastic travel experience, but about discovering your own path in life."
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Chimenti, Wayne (2006) El Camino de Santiago: Rites of Passage. Trafford Publishing. ISBN-13: 978-1412056380. El Camino de Santiago: Rites of Passage is about the Chimenti family's travels on a 500-mile walking pilgrimage. It started as Nahja, their 12-year old daughter's "rite of passage". It turned out to be a test for everyone. |
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Clem, Jim & Eleanor Clem (2004) Buen Camino: Hiking the Camino de Santiago. Pagefree Publishing. ISBN-13: 978-1589613423. |
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Cousineau, Phil (2000) The Art of Pilgrimage: The Seeker's Guide to Making Travel Sacred. Paperback ISBN-13: 978-1573245098. Cousineau's The Art of Pilgrimage is directed toward the modern-day pilgrim looking for inspiration and a few spiritual tools for the road combining as it does stories, myths, parables and quotes from famous travelers of the past to help them focus on the purpose and intention at every stage of their journey.
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Dryden, Iian (2016) Camino Voices. Beret Books. ISBN-13: 978-0993486708. Author and illustrator has matched sketches of the Camino with the words of hundreds whom he encountered along the Way. Available through the author's website.
Egan, Kerry (2006) Fumbling: A Pilgrimage Tale of Love, Grief, and Spiritual Renewal on the Camino de Santiago. Broadway. ISBN-13: 978-0385507660. |
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Gray, Patrick and Justin Skeesuck (2017) I'll Push You. Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. Paperback ISBN-13: 978-1496421708. Hardcover ISBN-13: 978-1496421692. Kindle ASIN: B01MTIX6H0. Friendship takes on new meaning in this true story of Justin and Patrick, born less than two days apart in the same hospital. Best friends their whole lives, when Justin was diagnosed with a neuromuscular disease that robbed him of the use of his arms and legs, Patrick was there. Determined to live life to the fullest, the friends refused to give into despair or let physical limitations control what was possible for Justin.
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Hitt, Jack (2005) Off the Road: A Modern-Day Walk down the Pilgrim’s Route into Spain. Simon & Schuster. ISBN-13: 978-0743261111. |
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Kenney, Sue (2004) Sue Kenney’s My Camino. White Knight Publications. ISBN-10: 09-7341863X. The true story of a woman confronting her deepest fear. Suddenly downsized from her corporate career, Canadian pilgrim Sue Kenney decided to embark on this journey to discover her life purpose. Sue left the familiar world of her family, rowing and career to walk 780 km on the Camino, alone in the winter
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Lash, Jennifer (1998) On Pilgrimage. Bloomsbury USA. ISBN-13: 978-1582340128. |
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Melville, Marilyn (2002) Peregrina: A Woman’s Journey on the Camino. Reed Press. ISBN-10: 0-9697399-1-5. |
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Norris, Patricia (2003) Buen Camino: Memories of the Road to Compostela. 1st Books. ISBN-10: 1-4140-1261-6 paperback, ISBN-10: 1-4140-1260-8 e-book). A very personal record of one pilgrim's Camino from equipment selection and training through the walk and on to the epilogue. |
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Petitti, Alda (2011) Camino Português: A Pilgrim's Journey. Balboa Press. ISBN-13: 978-1452541730 (hardcover); ISBN-13: 978-1452541747 (paperback); ASIN: B006W6MVMQ (Kindle). Ready for an adventure and a break from the everyday routine of her life, author Alda Petitti embarks on a 10 day pilgrimage where she walks 150 miles from Porto, Portugal to Santiago, Spain. At the age of 57, she walks solo during the day encountering challenges and meeting other pilgrims along the route. While walking the Camino she relearns some life lessons through meaningful and heartfelt experiences.
Porras, Susana (2021) To Compostela and Beyond!: A Poet's Chronicle of the Camino de Santiago. Resource Publications. ISBN-13: 978-1725287594 (hardcover); ISBN-13: 978-1725287600 (paperback); ASIN: B08W9W5XPR (Kindle). Susana Porras's journey over the Camino de Santiago with her father was a life-changing journey filled with awe-inspiring scenery, spiritual awakening and lots of café con leche. Come with them as Susana's sonnets take you metaphorically, physically, spiritually and historically along the Camino.
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Rudolph, Conrad (2004) Pilgrimage to the End of the World: The Road to Santiago de Compostela. University Of Chicago Press. ISBN-13: 978-0226731278. |
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Schell, Donald, & Maria Schell (2001) My Father, My Daughter: Pilgrims on the Road to Santiago. Church Publishing. ISBN-13: 978-0898693393. In their evocative and complementary styles, father and daughter write of their physical trek across Spain, and of their spiritual journey of discovery of the self and of the other. |
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Tuggle, Bob (2000) On the Road to Santiago. Writers Club Press. ISBN-13: 978-0595139101. |
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Rev 09/08/22