Tracks: A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1,700 Miles of Australian Outback

"I had this crazy idea that I wanted to be in the deserts of my country. I had this sense that I needed to be alone, that I wanted to be in that desert alone" recalls Robyn Davidson, author of the international bestseller TRACKS.

At age twenty-seven, Davidson made international news by walking the 1,700 miles between Alice Springs, a small town in the center of Australia's Northern Territory, to the banks of the Indian Ocean. Her memoir, TRACKS, is a beautifully rendered account of that grueling journey and of Davidson's process of self-discovery, accompanied by only her dog and four rascally camels,

In this video, Davidson discusses not only the genesis of her trip, but also her return to the so-called "real world." "In some ways," she muses, "I think I never have properly come back."

TRACKS is now available in ebook for the first time and is soon be released as a major motion picture starring Mia Wasikowska.