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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The true story behind Jon Krakauer's bestselling novel and Sean Penn's acclaimed film Into the Wild, from the sister of Chris McCandless, filling in questions about Chris' journey of self-discovery and the dysfunctional childhood that pushed him to brave the Alaskan wilderness alone
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Carine McCandless is the sister of Chris McCandless, the man whose life and subsequent tragic end in Alaska became the basis for the book Into the Wild. While Carine is unapologetic about her memoir exposing the truth behind her abusive family—something that was glossed over when the book was released, but was ultimately the reason Chris had dropped out of college and ran away from home—it would be a disservice to see this memoir as some “tell all” expose on her and Chris’s parents.
While Carine had to navigate losing her brother (and biting her tongue as people made…
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