Tracks - One Woman's Journey Across 1,700 Miles of Australian Outback (Electronic book text)

Soon to be a major motion picture"
I arrived in the Alice at five a.m. with a dog, six dollars and a small suitcase full of inappropriate clothes." . . . "There are some moments in life that are like pivots around which your existence turns."
For Robyn Davidson, one of these moments comes at age twenty-seven in Alice Springs, a dodgy town at the frontier of the vast Australian desert. Davidson is intent on walking the 1,700 miles of desolate landscape between Alice Springs and the Indian Ocean, a personal pilgrimage with her dog--and four camels. "Tracks" is the beautifully written, compelling true story of the author's journey and the love/hate relationships she develops along the way: with the Red Centre of Australia; with aboriginal culture; with a handsome photographer; and especially with her lovable and cranky camels, Bub, Dookie, Goliath, and Zeleika.