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Visit your local bookstore and ask them to order a copy. Or find the book online at these locations.
Events
Reading and Signing
Newfield Public Library Wednesday March 26th, 2025 6pm Reading and Signing
Buffalo Street Books Sunday March 30th, 2025 2pm Reading and Signing
Lansing Public Library Wednesday April 9th, 2025 7pm Praise for In My Boots
“Her vivid descriptions immerse readers in the places she inhabits, allowing us to see, feel, and experience her journey.”
-Anne Jobe, backpacker and contributor to Blood Sweat Tears “Bravely, she explores the complexities that accompany women in a male dominated space. In My Boots is an honest reflection about trail life all the while grappling the impacts of depression, and loneliness.”
-Bethany Adams, FKT mountain athlete, and contributor to Blood Sweat Tears “In My Boots treks in the literary footsteps of Bryson, as well as Strayed and Muir. Step by step, Jaros takes us through all the blisters and bliss that is the Appalachian Trail, offering hard won lessons on how to outdistance the fears and limitations of one’s past and “hike your own hike.” An intimate and invigorating inside passage. A triumphant debut.”
-Marc Nieson, author of Schoolhouse: Lessons on Love & Landscape “In My Boots brings to life thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail--from the joy of cresting mountains, the awe of coming face to face with elegant moose, to the pain of blisters and misery of walking in rainstorms. Through a close-up lens readers experience the author's individual courage and determination as she confronts her own spiritual angels and demons. I felt as though I knew each member of the constantly shifting, colorful rainbow of individuals that made up the trail community moving along the over 2000 mile path. I felt every step.
In My Boots is an epic heroine's journey.” -Joan Griffin, author of Force of Nature: Three Women Tackle the John Muir Trail “Don’t miss Amanda K. Jaros’s (Trail Name: Tamarack) amazing story of personal struggle, trauma, resilience, and perseverance during her epic Appalachian Trail journey. Jaros answers the question: How can a woman backpack solo for more than two thousand miles with the crushing weight of her past slowing her every step?”
-Cam Torrens, Appalachian Trail thru-hiker and award-winning author of the Tyler Zahn suspense series “Amanda K. Jaros takes readers on a thrilling journey of self-discovery and healing as she treks over the 2,000-plus miles of the Appalachian Trail. Throughout the book, Jaros portrays both the struggles and triumphs of hiking and her childhood experiences of emotional abuse with unflinching honesty. I was hooked by her engaging prose and carried along with her joy and determination as she grew over the miles from a frightened child and timid young woman into a powerful force of nature. In My Boots is certain to take a place of honor alongside classic hiking memoirs.”
-Andrea Lani, author of Uphill Both Ways: Hiking toward Happiness on the Colorado Trail “Amanda K. Jaros’s In My Boots does what some of the best works of nonfiction do: it takes the reader on a journey—in this case, a journey that is as much mental and emotion as it is physical. In this book, as Jaros writes, wilderness consumes, but equally at the forefront is Jaros’s own psychological and emotional environment, which makes for a startling brave debut.”
-Amy Butcher, author of Visiting Hours: A Memoir of Friendship and Murder and Mothertrucker: Finding Joy on the Loneliest Road in America “In her memoir In My Boots, Amanda K. Jaros takes us on her 2,000-mile hike from Georgia to Maine. It's a story of transformation, and in this strong debut memoir, Jaros shows us that the journey is much more than putting one foot in front of the other.”
-Rachel Dickinson, author of The Loneliest Places: Loss, Grief, and the Long Journey Home |
News, Reviews, Interviews
"Writers who have been told to trust their readers should move In My Boots: A Memoir of Five Million Steps Along the Appalachian Trail to the top of their pile. Jaros not only tells us about developing self-trust — she invites us to lace up our own boots and cultivate it within our own journey."
-Review at Hippocampus Magazine by Amanda Maria Gipson Interview on WANA LIVE! Reading Series
February 27th, 2025 Writers Association of Northern Appalachia "I loved the stories of the people she met along the way, the intense emotions that comes from doing something so difficult, and her family background, which was anything but easy. Thank you so much for sharing your story with the world!"
-Review from Meg Hall at get.outside.and.read on Instagram "My guest today on What Cathy Read Next is Amanda K. Jaros whose memoir, In My Boots, is published today by Black Rose Writing... Read on as I chat with Amanda about the book and the incredible journey it describes. I’m grateful to Amanda for sharing some photographs taken during her trek that you won’t find in the book."
-Interview with Cathy on What Cathy Read Next About In My Boots:
When Amanda K. Jaros learns about the 2,160-mile Appalachian Trail after college, she walks away from a sheltered life dominated by an angry and volatile father and does something unexpected: spends six months backpacking. Alone. She expects to pass the time in the solitary and peaceful wilderness, reflecting on her life's direction. Instead, she finds herself part of a community ripe with stinky socks, buckets of ice cream, and trail magic. What matters on the trail is not a hiker's past or parents, her fears or failures, but rather, what matters is the connections we make with each other.
In My Boots recounts a challenging physical journey following the white blazes over the windy balds of the South, through snowstorms in the Smoky Mountain National Park, and above the tree line to the alpine zones of the White Mountains of New Hampshire. The journey is also emotionally transformative as this twenty-three-year-old leaves behind the compliant and scared girl she once was. With each step away from her damaged childhood, each new friend, each stop in another rural trail town, she comes to understand that to succeed on the trail, and in life, it turns out, the path she walks must be her own. |
Amanda K. Jaros
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