Nowhere for Very Long: The Unexpected Road to an Unconventional Life

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I've been anxiously awaiting this book's release ever since Brianna first shared the exciting news of the publication. Her backpacking and canyoneering adventures, which gained her many followers to begin with, are far behind her as she stands firmly behind what is now important to her: material possessions. I got this book because I love adventure books, and story book, but o found myself very irritated several times during the book at the main character, she need to get help, and stop pulling people and animals into her broken mess, it was hard listening to how the choices she made all lead to hurting. she does address this towards the end after the dog near-death incident but that could use some more fleshing out.

if these 1-star reviews make you upset, visit r/madiasnark before you waste any more of your time, money, and energy on this vapid woman. I especially appreciate how she approaches topics of addiction and marriage/family struggles - her approach is nuanced in a way that doesn't vilify others, and validates her own feelings while acknowledging and giving space for the feelings and perspectives of the other individuals involved. But Brianna was committed to living a life true to herself, come what may, and that made all the difference.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. She talks about her strengths, her will, and her determination to create the kind of life that honors what she loves. Brianna Madia chronicles her travels across the deserts of the American West in an orange van named Bertha.

Brianna is a very controversial and polarizing figure and I hope that people decide to put that aside and read this from a place of understanding, curiosity and compassion. Brianna's honesty and vulnerability on Instagram, and her encouragement to do the hard, scary, unknown thing is what finally inspired me to leave my miserable graduate program in pursuit of a writing career. But her telling of it shines with a depth of reflection that may surprise and will certainly inspire readers.She evokes the freedom of the west, that open space, and how the untouched and less traveled places in the world can heal our spirit. Brianna Madia is an Instagram Influencer who I followed for a short period of time a few years back.

Her dogs live the LIFE, her snakes are currently wrapped happily around her wrist, and mice have very short lifespans to begin with.

I'm not going to guess at what's true, but I'll say the book's explanation of the biggest issue is at least plausible. I didn’t know her from Instagram so wasn’t aware of some of the controversy I’ve seen other people posting about. Brianna captures the reader with her intricate workings of her words and is really written from the heart. Goodreads is not a forum for people to rate whether they “like Brianna Madia” … it’s a forum to discuss, review, recommend (or not) a book … which at this point none of the reviewers have read since it hasn’t been released yet (discounting any advance copies that may have been released).