The author and actress chronicles her journey along the Camino de Santiago de Compostela in Spain--the famous pilgrimage route that has been taken by pilgrims ranging from St. Francis of Assisi to Chaucer.
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Shirley MacLaine, Oscar(r)-, three-time Emmy(r)-, and ten-time Golden Globe(t)-winning actress, has appeared in more than fifty films, been nominated for an Academy Award six times, and received the Oscar for Best Actress in 1984. Most recently, Shirley was honored with the 1999 Golden Bear Award for lifetime achievement at the Berlin International Film Festival and the 1998 Cecil B. DeMille Award for outstanding contribution to the entertainment field. She has also won two British Academy awards, two German Silver Bear and Golden Camera awards, two Volpi Cup awards at the Venice Film Festival, two Donatello awards in Italy, and New York Film Critics and Los Angeles Film Critics awards. A longtime outspoken advocate for civil rights and liberties, Shirley is the author of eight international bestsellers -- Don't Fall Off the Mountain, You Can Get There from Here, Out on a Limb, Dancing in the Light, It's All in the Playing, Going Within, Dance While You Can, and My Lucky Stars. And in her latest film, Bruno, she costars and makes her directorial debut. She lives in Malibu, California, and Abiquiu, New Mexico.
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
By John Crosbie
Format:Paperback
I got this book as prepatory reading for my forthcoming attempt at the Santiago Camino or Camino de Santiago and was looking forward to it. Shirley MacLaine, I remember in the past was regarded as somewhat eccentric, but I can be too, so fairs fair and all that.
during the early chapters I was in tune with Shirley and here at last I felt I found my soulmate from what she was saying her reasons were for wanting to attempt this pilgrimage. I was excited and wanted to go sooner. Then it all started to go horribly wrong, when she met John the Scot of Irish descent, John the Scot, an apparition and sexual healer came to Shirley at night to enlighten her on the real reasons for her existence, her future, the First Cause, Adam and Eve, the Evil of Dogs and much much more.
Ms MacLaine's imagination is without doubt a force to be reckoned with, but if what she writes is supposed to be some kind of stream of thought, I couldn't buy it. She warns the reader that that might be the case, advising to consider going on at one point.
I did and I was drowned in the pool of fantastical revelations.
Events that I have not seen described since I read R D Laings schizophrenic uttering in The Politics of Experience/Bird of Paradise.
The Pilgrims Walk becomes a non-event in all this, only on occasion does she go back to it to relate where and when she pissed, slept or encountered the press.
The subheading of the book is A Pilgrimage of Courage. Determination is what is required to stick with this journey.
My book will take place on Earth
during the early chapters I was in tune with Shirley and here at last I felt I found my soulmate from what she was saying her reasons were for wanting to attempt this pilgrimage. I was excited and wanted to go sooner. Then it all started to go horribly wrong, when she met John the Scot of Irish descent, John the Scot, an apparition and sexual healer came to Shirley at night to enlighten her on the real reasons for her existence, her future, the First Cause, Adam and Eve, the Evil of Dogs and much much more.
Ms MacLaine's imagination is without doubt a force to be reckoned with, but if what she writes is supposed to be some kind of stream of thought, I couldn't buy it. She warns the reader that that might be the case, advising to consider going on at one point.
I did and I was drowned in the pool of fantastical revelations.
Events that I have not seen described since I read R D Laings schizophrenic uttering in The Politics of Experience/Bird of Paradise.
The Pilgrims Walk becomes a non-event in all this, only on occasion does she go back to it to relate where and when she pissed, slept or encountered the press.
The subheading of the book is A Pilgrimage of Courage. Determination is what is required to stick with this journey.
My book will take place on Earth
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Hardcover
Shirley goes within - agin. Despite sore feet and travelling companions who would try the patience of a saint, she meets her Guru; zips off to the lost continents of Atlantis and Lemuria; is shown the origin of marriage; discovers why the Missing Link is missing; learns the destinction between soul-mates and twin souls; undergoes a form of Hara-Kiri that dosen't spoil the carpet; AND ... is back in time for tea. For those familiar with the writings of Alice Bailey, Shirley's revelation seems to be complementary to, rather than contradictory of, that text. There seems to be pressure building "behind the scenes" to kick-start humanity into a better understanding of its origins.
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Hardcover
Shirley MacLaine has written an entertaining and inspiring account of her pilgrimage. The first time I read this book it proved to be just too much to take on board - the second time around was far more enjoyable. Keep an open mind and you will find that there is a great deal to be discovered in this book, take from it what you will.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Boring and absurdly fictional.
Most of the book is not about Santiago's Way, but another trip of the author's mind about previous life's experiences.
During the short period that the writer's really mention her trip, is covered with absurdities like: rats on a "refugio" and her (a 65 years old, non athlete)covering more than 3o km a day, every day.
Anyone that have made "The Camino" find hard to believe that she ever come closer to the place.
The book is a waste of money and time.
Most of the book is not about Santiago's Way, but another trip of the author's mind about previous life's experiences.
During the short period that the writer's really mention her trip, is covered with absurdities like: rats on a "refugio" and her (a 65 years old, non athlete)covering more than 3o km a day, every day.
Anyone that have made "The Camino" find hard to believe that she ever come closer to the place.
The book is a waste of money and time.
16 of 19 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
After finishing this book,I have to admit that I am not sure what to make of it. I am not even sure if I want to believe it although I do believe that the author herself is honest with her readers in what she thinks she heard and saw.
Like other reviewers, I also found her critical of others, almost everyone, except the glamourous characters she 'meets' in her meditations and dreams. However, she is very brave to write all this and to put herself up for ridicule as well as doubts at her sanity. She is obviously a highly intelligent woman, who has developed to a higher spiritual level than most of us so who am I to critisize or doubt. If she is right, and all this is true and she really did see and hear all this and meet the people she did, then the rest of us lesser mortals are very far behind. Which maybe we are. Would love to be more specific, but I have to admit that I just do not know, I was not there and I did not see it. So, who knows? Maybe Shirley?
Like other reviewers, I also found her critical of others, almost everyone, except the glamourous characters she 'meets' in her meditations and dreams. However, she is very brave to write all this and to put herself up for ridicule as well as doubts at her sanity. She is obviously a highly intelligent woman, who has developed to a higher spiritual level than most of us so who am I to critisize or doubt. If she is right, and all this is true and she really did see and hear all this and meet the people she did, then the rest of us lesser mortals are very far behind. Which maybe we are. Would love to be more specific, but I have to admit that I just do not know, I was not there and I did not see it. So, who knows? Maybe Shirley?
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
I have read all of Shirley's books over the years, and The Camino really is inspiring. If you are prepared to open your heart & mind, and allow each chapter (expecially 15) to break down old traditional views then maybe you will feel like I felt, that deep inside Shirley had opened up a door and everything she tells was like "Coming Home or I knew this" See for yourself and see how you feel. Try Shirley's site too !!
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
By M. Masters
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Having completed my first Camino in Sept 2009 I brought Shirley Maclaine`s book more out of curiosity than anything. Having read the book. I wish I hadnt!
I found the story irritable to say the least. I am certain that if any other pilgrim had wrote this book it would have ended up being filed in the bin of all publishers, I guess that is when it is fortunate to be a ex Hollywood legend. If the book is being purchased for its Camino content i.e. the beautiful scenery, the wonderful people including fellow pellegrino`s and the Spanish residents, the camraderie, the physical battles, endurance and pain. Which is indeed a big part of the journey then this book would have only needed half a dozen pages. The book I feel never got into the fabric of the Camino. Instead it was an ego filled spiritual story with no substance. The book mentions in her view the state of some of the Albergues (Hostels) this is not Hollywood its a place that real people journey because there life perhaps has not been so blessed.
I found the story irritable to say the least. I am certain that if any other pilgrim had wrote this book it would have ended up being filed in the bin of all publishers, I guess that is when it is fortunate to be a ex Hollywood legend. If the book is being purchased for its Camino content i.e. the beautiful scenery, the wonderful people including fellow pellegrino`s and the Spanish residents, the camraderie, the physical battles, endurance and pain. Which is indeed a big part of the journey then this book would have only needed half a dozen pages. The book I feel never got into the fabric of the Camino. Instead it was an ego filled spiritual story with no substance. The book mentions in her view the state of some of the Albergues (Hostels) this is not Hollywood its a place that real people journey because there life perhaps has not been so blessed.
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Test of endurance
This book is the ideal preparation for walking the Camino because if you have the powers of endurance to get to the end of this nonsense then the 400 odd miles of the actual walk... Read more
Published 26 days ago by M. Wilson
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Not a nasty review
Thank goodness i didn't read the reviews before buying the book, honestly its as if everybody was out to get Shirley before they had even read the thing. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Beccles
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Disappointing
I had this book recommended to me and it starts off really well but after a few hundred mile you are plunged into realms of fantasy. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Lynn Dryden
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Camino addicts
A good read for those contemplating doing the Camino. My book secondhand had been with a pilgrim. No paparazzi for us though...
Published 6 months ago by K. Terry
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Not The Camino
This book was written by Shirley following her walking the Camino, however the book lacks the Camino journey and is more a description of past life regression. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Davcol
1.0 out of 5 stars
the camino
Arrogant, conceited, far fetched, ridiculous rubbish.
Only read it to the end because I'm not a quitter. Read more
Only read it to the end because I'm not a quitter. Read more
Published 8 months ago by pauline cooper
5.0 out of 5 stars
shirley macclaine.
a fantastic narration of a jouney that the actress made in her sixties, an inspiration that age should never be a barrier to your ambitions. Read more
Published 16 months ago by tree
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You gotta love this woman
I have read all Shirley's books. I know she believes all she writes..but it is hard for most people to swallow ..
When I lie down to sleep...I just get crazy dreams... Read more
When I lie down to sleep...I just get crazy dreams... Read more
Published 17 months ago by A. Mcclintock
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Camino
This is a spiritual journey and much soul searching from an accomplished twice Oscar winning actress. A Must read book.
Published 19 months ago by David Chong
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Off the beaten track
I always thought that Shirley MacLaine was wacky, but this is so far beyond wacky that it is definitely off the beaten track. Read more
Published 21 months ago by julia marshall
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