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Book Review of An Unknown Woman

An Unknown Woman
An Unknown Woman
Author: Alice Koller
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
Book Type: Paperback
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This is by far my all-time favorite book of the hundreds I've read. It's the author's true story of an empty goalless life, not knowing what she wanted, but knowing there was a better life for her somewhere, somehow. She bravely stepped out of her comfort zone and took a trip alone...to the island of Nantucket...for the long, snowy winter when it's almost deserted. She planned well and during that winter, she found what she didn't know she was looking for...herself. It's been referred to as "A Woman's Walden." The story is incredibly inspiring as I read it when I thought I was just a wife, a nurse and a mother. It helped me construct my own journey with my own rules.