MacLaine\'s bestseller, now available in paperback, is a soul-stirring account of her spiritual and physical trek across Spain\'s legendary Santiago de Compostela Camino.
Through a range of astonishing.
Balancing and negotiating the revelations inspired by the mysterious energy of the Camino, she endured her exhausting Journey to Compostela until it gradually gave way to a far more universal voyage: that of the soul.
And once again, she brings her inimitable qualities of mind and heart to her writing.
Immensely gifted with intelligence, curiosity, warmth, and a profound openness to people and places outside her own experience, Shirley Maclaine is truly an American treasure.
But even more astounding was the route she took spiritually: back thousands of years, through past lives to the very origin of the universe.
A woman in her sixth decade completing such a grueling trip on foot in thirty days at twenty miles per day was nothing short of remarkable.
For Shirley, the Camino was both an intense spiritual and physical challenge.
Now it would be Shirley\'s turn.
Francis of Assisi and Charlemagne to Ferdinand and Isabella to Dante and Chaucer have taken the journey, which comprises a nearly 500-mile trek across highways, mountains and valleys, cities and towns, and fields.
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It is an ancient -- and allegedly enchanted -- pilgrimage.
Throughout history, countless illustrious pilgrims from all over Europe have taken up the trail.
The riveting odyssey began with a pair of anonymous handwritten letters imploring Shirley to make a difficult pilgrimage along the Santiago de Compostela Camino in Spain.
It is the eagerly anticipated and altogether startling culmination of Shirley MacLaine\'s extraordinary -- and ultimately rewarding -- road through life.
This is the story of a journey.
Now Shirley is back -- with her most breathtakingly powerful and unique book yet.
In testament to the endurance and vitality of her message, each of her eight legendary bestsellers -- from Don\'t Fall Off the Mountain to My Lucky Stars -- continues today to attract, dazzle, and transform countless new readers.
It has been nearly three decades since Shirley Maclaine commenced her brave and public commitment to chronicling her personal quest for spiritual understanding.
Once again bringing her inimitable qualities of mind and heart to her writing, the author leads readers on a sacred adventure full of visions and revelations toward a transcendent climax.
MacLaine\'s bestseller, now available in paperback, is a soul-stirring account of her spiritual and physical trek across Spain\'s legendary Santiago de Compostela Camino
