Going to Maine

25-year-old Sally has no reason to upend her comfortable, conventional life to spend 5 months hiking the Appalachian trail; no reason except that her charismatic best friend, Erin, has asked her to come along. A woefully out-of-shape Sally quickly realizes that she may not actually be prepared for the realities of thru-hiking— brutal weather, wrong turns, and painful blisters have her wanting to quit almost as soon as she starts. Maybe out of loyalty to Erin or the sinking realization that she doesn' t actually like convention, Sally sticks it out; and as she and Erin trek from Georgia to Maine, they stumble from one hilarious (and sometimes scary) predicament to another and amass a loveable ragtag band of hiker dudes. By the time she reaches Maine— accompanied by Erin, their crew, and a guy she' s maybe (definitely) falling in love with— readers will cheer for the stronger, more self-assured Sally that has emerged and wish they could start the laugh-out-loud adventure all over again.