I’m excited to be participating in another amazing blog tour with WOW! Women on Writing. The book today is The Purpose of Getting Lost by Tracy Smith. Before we get to my review, here’s more about the book:
The Purpose of Getting Lost is a reflective memoir about identity, belonging, and the courage to question the life you’ve carefully built. As Tracy Smith enters midlife—navigating the end of a long marriage, children growing up, and a growing sense of disconnection—she realizes she has spent years performing for expectations rather than listening to herself.
Through solo travel across more than thirty countries, Tracy doesn’t search for reinvention or escape, but for clarity. In unfamiliar places and quiet moments in between, she begins to notice her patterns, longings, and the stories she’s lived by—some worth keeping, others ready to be released.
Told with honesty, warmth, and insight, The Purpose of Getting Lost explores what it means to stop waiting to belong and start building a sense of home from the inside out. It’s a book for anyone who has ever felt out of place, questioned who they are becoming, or sensed that getting lost might be an essential part of finding their way.
My Review
If there’s any book that leaves me wanting to travel more and more as I read it, it’s this one. If you have a yearning to travel, you don’t want to miss The Purpose of Getting Lost. It’s like a travel diary! I loved the photos and maps throughout the book because they led me down my own rabbit hole after a spell of reading to see more of where the author went. She has a fantastic way of making the entire travel experience come alive.
I absolutely enjoyed this one!
Purchase a copy of The Purpose of Getting Lost on Amazon or Bookshop.org. Be sure to also add it to your GoodReads reading list.
