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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue meets Life of Pi in this dazzlingly epic debut that charts the incredible, adventurous life of one woman as she journeys the globe trying to outrun a mysterious curse that will destroy her if she stops moving.

Paris, 1885: Aubry Tourvel, a spoiled and stubborn nine-year-old girl, comes across a wooden puzzle ball on her walk home from school. She tosses it over the fence, only to find it in her backpack that evening. Days later, at the family dinner table, she starts to bleed to death.

When medical treatment only makes her worse, she flees to the outskirts of the city, where she realizes that it is this very act of movement that keeps her alive. So begins her lifelong journey on the run from her condition, which won’t allow her to stay anywhere for longer than a few days nor return to a place where she’s already been.

From the scorched dunes of the Calashino Sand Sea to the snow-packed peaks of the Himalayas; from a bottomless well in a Parisian courtyard, to the shelves of an infinite underground library, we follow Aubry as she learns what it takes to survive and ultimately, to truly live. But the longer Aubry wanders and the more desperate she is to share her life with others, the clearer it becomes that the world she travels through may not be quite the same as everyone else’s...

Fiercely independent and hopeful, yet full of longing, Aubry Tourvel is an unforgettable character fighting her way through a world of wonders to find a place she can call home. A spellbinding and inspiring story about discovering meaning in a life that seems otherwise impossible, A Short Walk Through a Wide World reminds us that it’s not the destination, but rather the journey—no matter how long it lasts—that makes us who we are.

25 chapters

(view spoiler)[ wow, her "sickness" sounds more like a curse. to be forced to move and move and never go to the same spot twice. it must be so hard to not see her family and to feel exiled

I like this one so far - it's really quick and easy to read (hide spoiler)]

50 chapters

(view spoiler)[ wow, I love this so far! I love the way its written, these stories of those she's met and her travels
I like how it's her telling someone else the stories

it was horrible, how that one man tried to "save" her by locking her in a room. will she be mad at the prince for saving her?
and how long can he travel with her?

There is still so much book to go. what can she share now? (hide spoiler)]

70 chapters

(view spoiler)[ wow!! She did make it back to see her parents before they died.
I really like Marta! I hope she stays the longest
I can't help but wonder - was the old woman. . .was that herself older? will she live that long?

and what of these doors? I love this idea, it's really the only way she can be traveling like this, right? (hide spoiler)]

and I'm done

oh my gosh that ending was SO GOOD
(view spoiler)[ when Vincent fixed that little girl's leg I thought - oh my gosh SHE CAN STAY!!! I love that she found a place to pas son all that she learned to a group that would love her stories and believe her! Ugh, so good!

and wow, her traveling with Marta and then losing her so suddenly
and then being lost in the library

I love that she had that moment where she realized she was a library - she knew so much and had experience so much. I wish some of the drawings had been included in the book. How great would that have been?! (hide spoiler)]

I loved this one!

Started this this morning and that was a bit of a mistake in that I didn't want to stop reading to get up and go to work.

Trisha wrote: "25 chapters

wow, her "sickness" sounds more like a curse. to be forced to move and move and never go to the same spot twice. it must be so hard to not see her family and to feel exiled

I like th..."
I definitely agree it's more like a curse, especially given how young she was when it started.

Chapter Thirty Five
This a really interesting set up and I'm just kind of floating along taking it in. I'm very intrigued by (view spoiler)[ the mention of her throwing her puzzle ball away. I had been thinking it was a part of her curse, because it seemed magical by moving on it's own. I had thought she would need to get rid of it to get rid of her curse but it would then go to whomever picked up the puzzle ball. I'm not sure when I decided that's what had happened, but knowing she doesn't have it anymore and is still afflicted makes me really curious how this happened to her and I really hope we find that out by the end of the book. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter Forty Four
(view spoiler)[ Well I know where I got that idea from, she thought it too. How sad that it didn't work out. I would be so lonely surrounded by people who couldn't speak to me. She catches onto languages really really fast but even still those first days would be terrible. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter Fifty Six
(view spoiler)[ her talking to and the sickness talking back is an interesting development. I like the idea that's she's hunting it but I have no idea how this going to work out or what will happen next. (hide spoiler)]

Finished
(view spoiler)[ I think I need to go back and reread the end because I was super confused and did not get what was happening. I loved that she finally found a place she could stay, but that intervening part in the library is where I got lost. (hide spoiler)]