Book description
In 2018, Kathy Elkind and her husband decided to take a grown-up "gap year" in Europe and walk the 1,400-mile Grande Randonnee Cinq (GR5) across The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France.
At fifty-seven, Kathy has chosen comfort over hardship: Unlike the Appalachian Trail and the Pacific Coast Trail, the GR5…
Why read it?
1 author picked To Walk It Is To See It as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The European network of GR trails holds a special place in my heart as I have hiked many of them (in full or partially).
I loved reading the author’s beautiful narrative about her trek on the GR5 from The Netherlands to Nice, in the south of France. I too have done similar long-distance walks with my husband and at times, felt the author was reading my mind because our experiences, how we reacted to them, and even our dialog were so similar.
Like all great travel literature, this book will make you want to pack your bags immediately. An inspiring…
From Marianne's list on by women about outdoor adventure.
If you love To Walk It Is To See It...
December on 5C4
Magical realism meets the magic of Christmas in this mix of Jewish, New Testament, and Santa stories–all reenacted in an urban psychiatric hospital!
On locked ward 5C4, Josh, a patient with many similarities to Jesus, is hospitalized concurrently with Nick, a patient with many similarities to Santa. The two argue…
Want books like To Walk It Is To See It?
Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 100 books like To Walk It Is To See It.
Share your top 3 reads of 2025!
And get a beautiful page showing off your 3 favorite reads.
1,298
readers submitted
so far, will you?
📚 If you like To Walk It Is To See It, you might also like...
Portrait of an Artist as a Young Woman
Kate from Jules et Jim meets I Love Dick.
A young woman filmmaker’s journey of self-discovery, set against a backdrop of the sexual liberation movement of the 1970s and 1980s. In Portrait of an Artist as a Young Woman, we follow Ana Fried as she faces the ultimate…
Dark Fae Outcast
Trapped in our world, the fae are dying from drugs, contaminants, and hopelessness. Kicked out of the dark fae court for tainting his body and magic, Riasg only wants one thing: to die a bit faster. It’s already the end of his world, after all.
But while scoring his last…
