NOWA MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Robyn Davidson‎'‎s opens the memoir of her perilous journey across 1‎,‎700 miles of hostile Australian desert to the sea with only four camels and a dog for company with the following words‎:‎ I experienced that sinking feeling you get when you know you have conned yourself into doing something difficult and there‎'‎s no going back‎.‎‎"‎ Enduring sweltering heat‎,‎ fending off poisonous snakes and lecherous men‎,‎ chasing her camels when they get skittish and nursing them when they are injured‎,‎ Davidson emerges as an extraordinarily courageous heroine driven by a love of Australia‎'‎s landscape‎,‎ an empathy for its indigenous people‎,‎ and a willingness to cast away the trappings of her former identity‎.‎‎"‎Tracks‎"‎is the compelling‎,‎ candid story of her odyssey of discovery and transformation‎.‎ An unforgettably powerful book‎.‎ Cheryl Strayed‎,‎ author of ‎"‎Wild‎"‎ Now with a new postscript by Robyn Davidson‎.‎‎"‎