A Short Walk Through a Wide World
eBook - ePub

A Short Walk Through a Wide World

A Novel

  1. 400 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

A Short Walk Through a Wide World

A Novel

About this book

"Imagine The Life of Pi, The Alchemist, and The Midnight Library rolled into one fantastical fable." — The New York Times Book Review * "An epic adventure…rich with all the possibilities the world can hold." — People NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A dazzlingly epic debut that charts the incredible, adventurous life of one woman as she journeys the globe trying to outrun a mysterious curse that will destroy her if she stops moving. Paris, 1885: Aubry Tourvel, a spoiled and stubborn nine-year-old girl, comes across a wooden puzzle ball on her walk home from school. She tosses it over the fence, only to find it in her backpack that evening. Days later, at the family dinner table, she starts to bleed to death.When medical treatment only makes her worse, she flees to the outskirts of the city, where she realizes that it is this very act of movement that keeps her alive. So begins her lifelong journey on the run from her condition, which won't allow her to stay anywhere for longer than a few days—nor return to a place where she's already been.From the scorched dunes of the Calanshio Sand Sea to the snow-packed peaks of the Himalayas; from a bottomless well in a Parisian courtyard, to the shelves of an infinite underground library, we follow Aubry as she learns what it takes to survive and ultimately, to truly live. But the longer Aubry wanders and the more desperate she is to share her life with others, the clearer it becomes that the world she travels through may not be quite the same as everyone else's...Fiercely independent and hopeful, yet full of longing, Aubry Tourvel is an unforgettable character fighting her way through a world of wonders to find a place she can call home. A spellbinding and inspiring story about discovering meaning in a life that seems otherwise impossible, A Short Walk Through a Wide World reminds us that it's not the destination, but rather the journey—no matter how long it lasts—that makes us who we are.

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Information

Publisher
Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781668026083
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. Chapter 1: A Marketplace
  6. Chapter 2: A Riverboat in Siam
  7. Chapter 3: Home
  8. Chapter 4: A Riverboat in Siam
  9. Chapter 5: Home
  10. Chapter 6: Home
  11. Chapter 7: Home
  12. Chapter 8: Home
  13. Chapter 9: A Riverboat in Siam
  14. Chapter 10: The Art of Exile
  15. Chapter 11: A Riverboat in Siam
  16. Chapter 12: The Art of Exile
  17. Chapter 13: I Have Learned to Hunt
  18. Chapter 14: A Riverboat in Siam
  19. Chapter 15: Uzair and the North African Odyssey
  20. Chapter 16: A Riverboat in Siam
  21. Chapter 17: A Brief Aside
  22. Chapter 18: On a Train with Lionel Kyengi
  23. Chapter 19: Uzair and the North African Odyssey
  24. Chapter 20: Uzair and the North African Odyssey
  25. Chapter 21: Uzair and the North African Odyssey
  26. Chapter 22: Uzair and the North African Odyssey
  27. Chapter 23: Uzair and the North African Odyssey
  28. Chapter 24: Uzair and the North African Odyssey
  29. Chapter 25: On a Train with Lionel Kyengi
  30. Chapter 26: Uzair and the North African Odyssey
  31. Chapter 27: Uzair and the North African Odyssey
  32. Chapter 28: Uzair and the North African Odyssey
  33. Chapter 29: On a Train with Lionel Kyengi
  34. Chapter 30: On a Train with Lionel Kyengi
  35. Chapter 31: On a Train with Lionel Kyengi
  36. Chapter 32: A Brief Aside
  37. Chapter 33: The Prince
  38. Chapter 34: The Prince
  39. Chapter 35: The Prince
  40. Chapter 36: Hunters of the Plateau
  41. Chapter 37: Hunters of the Plateau
  42. Chapter 38: Hunters of the Plateau
  43. Chapter 39: Hunters of the Plateau
  44. Chapter 40: The Prince
  45. Chapter 41: Hunters of the Plateau
  46. Chapter 42: Hunters of the Plateau
  47. Chapter 43: Hunters of the Plateau
  48. Chapter 44: Hunters of the Plateau
  49. Chapter 45: The Prince
  50. Chapter 46: The Prince
  51. Chapter 47: The Prince
  52. Chapter 48: The Wish
  53. Chapter 49: The Prince
  54. Chapter 50: The Prince
  55. Chapter 51: How She Crossed the Mountains
  56. Chapter 52: Terra Obscura
  57. Chapter 53: The Prince
  58. Chapter 54: The Prince
  59. Chapter 55: The Prince
  60. Chapter 56: The Prince
  61. Chapter 57: An Aside, Not So Brief
  62. Chapter 58: With Marta in the Klondike
  63. Chapter 59: With Marta in the Klondike
  64. Chapter 60: With Marta in the Klondike
  65. Chapter 61: An Unmovable Dream
  66. Chapter 62: With Marta in the Klondike
  67. Chapter 63: With Marta in the Klondike
  68. Chapter 64: With Marta in the Klondike
  69. Chapter 65: Terra Obscura
  70. Chapter 66: Home (But Not Quite)
  71. Chapter 67: Home (But Not Quite)
  72. Chapter 68: Home (But Not Quite)
  73. Chapter 69: With Marta in the Klondike
  74. Chapter 70: With Marta in the Klondike
  75. Chapter 71: On a Boat with Lionel Kyengi
  76. Chapter 72: On a Boat with Lionel Kyengi
  77. Chapter 73: With Marta in the Congo
  78. Chapter 74: With Marta in the Congo
  79. Chapter 75: With Marta in the Congo
  80. Chapter 76: With Marta in the Congo
  81. Chapter 77: With Marta in the Congo
  82. Chapter 78: An Aside, Brief Again
  83. Chapter 79: Terra Obscura
  84. Chapter 80: Terra Obscura
  85. Chapter 81: Terra Obscura
  86. Chapter 82: Terra Obscura
  87. Chapter 83: Terra Obscura
  88. Chapter 84: Terra Obscura
  89. Chapter 85: The Art of Exile
  90. Chapter 86: A Marketplace
  91. Chapter 87: An Idyll for Lost Children
  92. Chapter 88: An Idyll for Lost Children
  93. Chapter 89: An Idyll for Lost Children
  94. Chapter 90: An Idyll for Lost Children
  95. Chapter 91: An Idyll for Lost Children
  96. Chapter 92: Home
  97. Acknowledgments
  98. Reading Group Guide
  99. About the Author
  100. Copyright