A review by jmhriver68
The Wild Truth: A Memoir by Carine McCandless

3.0

3 stars for effort. Very personal airing of family's laundry and the extent the parents go to normalize their abuse and dysfunction. It does provide more explanation why Chris would start anew and live unbounded. The book focuses much on carrine, and seems to be a therapeutic exercise, which is what it is. Chris took chances and sought adventure, and chose not to play it safe. He only put himself at risk and in the combined telling of krakauer and carrine, he tried to live fully with the time he had. That's good.