Shirley MacLaine tells about her own special journey in walking the camino pilgrimage. During this book  she share  intimate insights and understandings that she came to realize during the 500 mile trek across the terain. Making this walk alone with no aid of others she knew, she left herself open and vulnerable to the world around her. In doing so she allowed herself to be receptive in many ways. Thus leading to a greater sense of being than before she undertook this trek.