Book & Film Reviews

Jerald Stroebele highlights some handy guidebooks for the Camino Francés, plus some helpful resources and guides for routes less traveled.

Carol Guttery offers both a designer’s eye and a pilgrim’s perception to this review of A Journey Between Heaven and Earth (Un Viaje Entre el Cielo y la Tierra), a Camino coffee table book featuring stunning photography by Jesús Tejel and the lyrical musings of Reyes Lambea.

Hany Farag reviews “Camino,” a Danish film about an estranged father and daughter on pilgrimage together to fulfill the dying wish of their wife and mother.

Amy Horton reviews Alder Allensworth’s “The Camigas Scarf: Mother” the first novel in a three-part series inspired by an actual scarf that has created a special connection among women across many Caminos.

Joe Curro reviews a dueling memoir by an Australian husband and wife who tackle the Via de la Plata as their first Camino. Curro calls “Happiness is That Way” by Cici Edwards-Jensen and Mike Jensen “a light, easy read that offers a highly personal glimpse into a less-traveled Camino route.”

An unexpected bookstore find becomes the Camino memoir that keeps on giving in Jerald Stroebele’s review of Robert Mullen’s “Call of the Camino.”

A review of Shoshana D. Kerewsky’s Camino memoir “50 Days in May: Reflections Along the Camino de Santiago.” Review by Allison Venuto.

A review of “100 caminos 100 relatos, a compilation of pilgrim stories” published by Círculo Chileno de Amigos del Camino de Santiago de Compostela. Review by Amy Horton.

A review of Stephen Towles’s Camino memoir “Heaven is Walking the Camino de Santiago.” Review by Jerald Stroebele.

A review of Patrick Francis Dillon’s Camino memoir “Limping to Santiago.” Review by Fr. Jim King, C.S.C.