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My travel memoir of our thousand-mile walk from Le Puy to Finisterre is now available wherever books are sold, including many independent bookstores.
Or, of course, you can order online:

“Beth Jusino may be a novice pilgrim, but she is a master storyteller.”

Geraldine DeRuiter, author of All Over the Place: Adventures in Travel, True Love, and Petty Theft

“Beth Jusino doesn’t pull any punches in her vivid and engaging account of the pilgrimage she and her husband made, but happily she also shares with us her small victories and the many lessons she learns about herself, her marriage, and just plain life. Perhaps most universal of those lessons is contained in her ‘Santiago Moment’ near the end of the book: gratitude!”

— Kevin A. Codd, author of To the Field of Stars and Beyond Even the Stars

Beth Jusino longed to escape, at least temporarily, her busy urban life. She wanted something beyond endless meetings and 24/7 screen time. Which is how she and her husband, Eric, found themselves laden with backpacks and nerves, stepping out of a historic cathedral in Le Puy, France, heading down a cobblestone street, and turning west. They were walking the Camino de Santiago, a 900-year-old pilgrimage route that winds a thousand miles across the Pyrenees and through France and Spain.

Despite months of meticulous planning, Beth discovered she was woefully unprepared once they hit the trail. Her limited French (le pomme est rouge) and the unaccountably closed shops and cafes presented early obstacles, while her perpetually problematic feet, dubbed “The Princesses,” threatened to end the adventure more than once.

But the famed Camino always provides, and in time, Beth found a way to break free from the routines and expectations of everyday life and embrace the challenges, as well as the gifts of friendship and perspective she discovered along the way.

Infused with humor and gentle irony, Walking to the End of the World is a warm-hearted and engaging story about letting go, getting outside, and living at a human pace.

“Beth Jusino has captured the essence of this ancient pilgrimage which inspires the reader with detail, wit and spot-on accounts of what it’s really like to walk the Camino de Santiago.”

Gabriel Schirm, author of Sunrises to Santiago: Searching for Purpose on the Camino de Santiago

“This wholly fresh story enchanted me with the cultures, people, chapels, and landscape. Despite the rigors of the Way, Jusino invites us to relish the rhythm of walking and delight in convivial evenings with other pilgrims over free-flowing wine and local food. With the depth of hard-won wisdom, she asks at the end ‘Who had I become?'”

Gail D. Storey, author of I Promise Not to Suffer: A Fool for Love Hikes the Pacific Crest Trail

Click here to read more media reviews from Outside Magazine, The Dyrt, Seattle Book Review, and more

And yes, those are my real credential stamps on the cover. Every one of them tells a story that’s in the book. It’s all the creative genius of my publisher, Mountaineers Books. And if you think the cover is great, just wait until you see all of the surprises inside the book! (Maps! Photos! Lists!)  I’m grateful to partner with an independent press whose primary goal is to encourage more people to get outside.