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Barefoot Sisters Southbound (2009)

by Lucy Letcher(Favorite Author)

4.07 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Stackpole Books

series

The Barefoot Sisters

review 1: Could you walk on stones, pebbles, hot or icy surfaces, sticks, mud, and whatever else the Appalachian Trail can throw at you? It's difficult to imagine especially knowing that most through-hikers destroy multiple sets of boots along the way. Yet, this is just what the The Barefoot Sisters chose to do. In their book, The Barefoot Sisters Southbound (Adventures on the Appalachian Trail) Lucy Letcher (Isis) and Susan Letcher (jackrabbit) describe not only their adventure but also their hopes, failings, sibling relationship, hiker camaraderie, love affairs, and trail life in general.Both sisters are excellent writers. I loved that they knew plant names and how to use them. I loved the song they wrote for each state. But most of all, I loved their honesty, letting us see both ... morethe good and bad sides of their characters.This book is an excellent read for anyone who enjoys reading about adventure, human struggles, and the joy of accomplishing one's goals.
review 2: I don't know how most books about doing long hikes (the AT, the PCT) make me really want to hike and simultaneously make me think that I'd hate everyone else doing it.Lucy and Susan (Isis and jackrabbit) seem like a very particular type of girl you'd meet in college - pretentious, privileged, and pseudo-earthy. I enjoyed when I could focus on the descriptions of the trail and the hike without getting too much of their personalities in it.Their trail romances or crushes were just icky to read about. The juvenile yet oh-so-worldly flirting would be tiresome in real life. Reading about it did not make it more pleasant. less

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