Life Hikes

<p><strong>A powerful and hopeful essay collection exploring grief courage and the healing power of nature.</strong></p><p></p><p>In October 2018 Dr. Renée Brown Harmon lost her husband Harvey to younger-onset Alzheimer's disease when he was only fifty-eight years old. After Harvey's passing and nearly a decade of caring for him Harmon found solace in hiking nature and travel-discovering that even when she felt frozen in her grief her feet would keep her moving.</p><p></p><p>With <em>Life Hikes</em> a memoir in three parts Harmon shares her journey of self-discovery in the wake of loss with authenticity candor and grace. From an encounter with gigantic Galápagos tortoises to the 19000-foot summit of Mount Kilimanjaro to the mythology-steeped Greek island of Ithaca she explores the parts of herself and the edges of her grief that will ultimately bring her through it.</p><p></p><p>Like Harmon's acclaimed first memoir <em>Surfing the Waves of Alzheimer's</em> this collection is a triumphant tale of finding a new and authentic life through kindness community mindfulness and the knowledge that the search for lost strength can sometimes reveal new and more powerful versions of ourselves.</p>