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Jersey Shore local debuts book on the Camino de Santiago
Point Pleasant Beach graduate tells all in her memoir about walking 600 miles on the world's most famous pilgrimage in Spain.
12 October, 2020
Jersey Shore local Cassie Childers and her husband James Ryle have launched their book The Camino Provides: A Curious Guide to the Camino del Norte. Part memoir, part guidebook, this deeply insightful personal account combines with first-hand, carefully researched practical advice for anyone considering walking even part of the Camino de Santiago. Their coverage begins on the France-Spain border at Irun, spanning the entire northern coast of Spain to the Atlantic Ocean – a journey of 940km.
The Camino de Santiago is a network of trails leading from cities all over Europe to the grave of the apostle James in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. In medieval times the route emerged as the most significant pilgrimage in the Christian world as the Holy Land became increasingly dangerous to outsiders. In recent times the walk has become a spiritual rite of passage for people of all faiths and nationalities.
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As the cover art suggests, The Camino Provides is at times dark, at times dreamy and most definitely unconventional when it comes to Camino-based memoirs.
James Ryle and Cassie Childers met in the Indian Himalayas in 2011, leading to a long collaboration with the Tibet Women’s Soccer program, a women’s empowerment NGO operating in the Tibetan refugee community until 2017. Together they worked to introduce soccer to Tibetan women for the first time.
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Via their business Ascension Therapy, the couple now works to help others overcome their past and align with their ideal future both online and in person. Cassie also coaches pilgrims from all over the world to prepare for and integrate their Camino de Santiago adventures with a special focus on the inner journey.
The Camino Provides is the ideal companion for one of the world’s most unique and accessible travel adventures, highlighting the significance of the inner journey while providing a dynamic and unconventional account of life on pilgrimage in Spain walking the ancient Camino de Santiago del Norte.
The 340-page book is now available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle formats.
Contact: cchilders@childerssir.com