"All That Fills Us," by Autumn Lytle

"All That Fills Us," by Autumn Lytle

The journey toward healing starts with a single brave step--but it is never walked alone

Mel Ellis knows that her eating disorder is ruining her life. Everyone tells her rehab is her best option, but she can't bring herself to go. Broke, broken, and empty in more ways than one, Mel launches one last-ditch effort to make hers a story worth telling. She will walk her own road to recovery along the lesser-known trails of the North American wilderness.

Though she is physically and mentally unprepared to face the difficulties that lay ahead, she sets off on foot from Michigan. Her goal? Mount Rainier National Park in Washington State. During the long journey, she meets strangers with their own stories, as well as ghosts from her past who can no longer be ignored. But though the land she travels threatens her success at every turn, it's her own dark thoughts she'll have to overcome in order to find peace in the life and the body she has been given.

This book was such an inciteful book; my emotions were all over the place when reading this. The main character Mel, strikes so many feelings in you and is such a strong leading character you feel as though you are with her every step of her journey.  Add in the people whom she meets along the way and you cannot help but cheer her along.

Each of the people whom she meets, adds that something extra to the story.  The struggle with her anorexia was also very interesting.  I learned a lot and felt it was so well written.  I think it helps that the author has first hand experience with the condition.

It was a learning experience for Mel, to understand the way that God sees us and accepts us.

Stars out of 5 : 5 I was glued to this story from the beginning.  It helps I have always had a secret desire to do a thru-hike; I never will.  I know a couple of people who have had/have anorexia, so I was interested in how Mel took on her illness and what her thoughts were, and how people with anorexia think. Overall I couldn't fault this book.

I will be interested to see what the author will write next.....

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