In this important and inspiring memoir, Aspen chronicles an ambitious five-month trek that was as dangerous as it was transformative. She dropped out and sought healing in the freedom of the wild, on the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail leading from Mexico to Canada. Her desperation growing, she made a bold decision: she fled. Aspen was confused, ashamed, and uncertain about how to deal with a problem that has-disturbingly-become common at institutions of higher learning throughout the country. Her otherwise loving and supportive parents discouraged her from speaking of the attack her university's "conflict mediation" process for handling sexual assaults was callous-then ineffectual. She stumbled through her first college semester. The academic year commenced Aspen felt alone now, devastated. But on her second night on campus, all those hopes were obliterated when Aspen was raped by a fellow student. She hoped that far from home she'd meet friends who hadn't known her high school meekness she would explore thrilling newfound freedom, blossom, and become a confident adult. Eager to escape her childhood as the sheltered baby girl of her family, Aspen wanted to reinvent herself at college. In 2008, Aspen Matis left behind her quaint Massachusetts town for a school two thousand miles away. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. On the trail she found her strength, and after a thousand miles of solitude, she found a man who helped her learn to love and trust again-and heal. Exhausted after each thirty-mile day, at times on the verge of starvation, Aspen was forced to confront her numbness, coming to terms with the sexual assault and her parents’ disappointing reaction. A nineteen-year-old girl alone and lost, she conquered desolate mountain passes and met rattlesnakes, bears, and fellow desert pilgrims. In this inspiring memoir, Aspen chronicles her journey, a five-month trek that was ambitious, dangerous, and transformative. Her desperation growing, she made a bold decision: She would seek healing in the freedom of the wild, on the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail leading from Mexico to Canada. Dealing with a problem that has sadly become all too common on college campuses around the country, she stumbled through her first semester-a challenging time made even harder by the coldness of her college’s “conflict mediation” process.
Overprotected by her parents who discouraged her from speaking of the attack, Aspen was confused and ashamed.
On her second night of college, Aspen was raped by a fellow student. Girl in the Woods is Aspen Matis’s exhilarating true-life adventure of hiking from Mexico to Canada-a coming-of-age story, a survival story, and a triumphant story of overcoming emotional devastation.
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