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My personal journey in overcoming my past and running toward my future.
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My mind returned to the boat, where I fidgeted in my seat. My mother would be so pissed right now. Here I was, not knowing where I was going, to a place with no cell phone reception, alone with two men I didn’t know to a deserted nineteenth-century prison.I shuddered, recalling the last time I was alone with two males—when It happened––the chain of events that forever changed me. What should I do? Dive in open water and swim back to the shore? No, I was too far out. I had no choice but to remain onboard.As I gazed out at the vast ocean, I beheld the light turquoise water and surging white caps of the waves. I felt the glorious warmth of the sun and the soothing ocean breeze caressing my skin. I thought, Hollie, didn’t you want an adventure? Here you have it! At that moment, I released the tension in my body. I laughed as I thought of the irony. Here I was, worrying I would get assaulted or killed when, just six months prior, I was so depressed I wanted to die.
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My personal journey in overcoming my past and running toward my future.
At thirteen years old, Hollie Stuart—HoHo—is a silly, free-spirited, intellectual kid trying to find her identity. After enduring a chain of traumatic events, she internalizes the pain and hides her secret. It sets her off on a path of depression and self-blame. Finding solace as an accomplished runner, she turns to unremitting self-achievement to soothe her suffering and find her worth.
For twenty-eight years, Hollie is stuck on a roller coaster of happiness and depression, feeling at times like a normal woman and others like she’ll never escape depression’s hold. Above all, she’s searching for freedom from her past traumas.
Hollie’s life takes a turn when, exhausted from wearing the mask and letting the trauma consume her on the inside, she takes fate into her own hands. She liberates herself from the roles and outlooks expected of women in her conservative community. She educates herself on depression, trauma, and PTSD, determined to heal from the pain.
And for the first time in her life, Hollie lets go of the past and really lives, embracing a life of adventure. She skydives from ten thousand feet. She scales Mount Kilimanjaro, the tallest freestanding mountain in the world. She runs international marathons. She takes a solo trip to Zanzibar, Tanzania. In the end, as Hollie stands atop all her triumphs and losses, she realizes she is not her depression or her traumas. An uplifting story of endurance, determination, and transformation, Hollie Stuart’s debut memoir I Can See for Miles is not to be missed.
| Weight | 12.5 oz |
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| Dimensions | 9 × 6 × .5 in |
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