mccandless, carine

The sister of Chris McCandless, the man whose life inspired Jon Krakauer's "Into the Wild," writes about her perspective on Chris's decision to forsake possessions and family in order to live in the Alaskan wilderness, revealing the truth of their sometimes violent home life with parents keeping secrets about second families which ultimately drove Chris to find a different way of life.

The story of Chris McCandless, who gave away his savings, hitchhiked to Alaska, walked into the wilderness alone, and starved to death in 1992, fascinated not just New York Times bestselling author Jon Krakauer, but also the rest of the nation. Krakauer's book, Into the Wild, became an international bestseller, translated into thirty-one languages, and Sean Penn's film by the same name further skyrocketed Chris McCandless to global fame. But the real story of Chris's life and his journey has not yet been told--until now. The missing pieces are finally revealed in The Wild Truth, written by Carine McCandless, Chris's beloved and trusted sister. Featured in both the book and film, Carine has wrestled for more than twenty years with the legacy of her brother's journey to self-discovery, and now tells her own story while filling in the blanks of his.