The Purpose of Getting Lost:

A Story of Finding Myself

by

Tracy Smith

An unexpected joy!

The Purpose of Getting Lost: A Story of Finding Myself, a memoir by Tracy Smith, was an unexpected joy to read as I connected with and related to so many of her experiences, impressions, and emotions. Approaching 50 and an impending empty nest, the author comes to realize the person she’s become, or, rather, presents to the public and even family and friends, has drifted far from the real self she’d slowly buried in time and by the necessity of successive needs of others. 

Wives and mothers adapt as needed to provide what is essential to those who depend on them, but in doing so, often lose contact with their own needs, desires, and feelings. Through travel and new experiences away from the life and persona she’d constructed, the author gradually peels off the hold the needs of others had on her and allows the real Tracy to re-emerge. Reading Tracy’s words felt like a comfortable yet deep conversation with that one friend who really gets me. 

I recommend THE PURPOSE OF GETTING LOST to readers of women’s memoirs and travelogues. 

I voluntarily reviewed this after receiving an Advance Review Copy through WOW! Women On Writing Book Tours.