The Camino: A Journey of the Spirit

Written by Shirley MacLaine

Narrated by Shirley MacLaine

It has been nearly five decades since Shirley MacLaine commenced her brave and public commitment to chronicling her personal quest for spiritual understanding. Now Shirley is back -- with her most breathtakingly powerful and unique book yet.

The Camino is the story of a riveting odyssey that began with a pair of anonymous handwritten letters imploring Shirley to make a difficult pilgrimage along the Santiago de Compostela Camino in Spain. Throughout history, countless pilgrims have taken up the trail. It is an ancient -- and allegedly enchanted -- pilgrimage. People from St. Francis of Assisi to Dante and Chaucer have taken the journey -- a nearly 500-mile trek across highways, mountains, cities and fields.

For Shirley, the Camino was both an intense spiritual and physical challenge. For a woman in her sixth decade completing such a grueling trip on foot in thirty days at twenty miles per day was remarkable. But even more astounding was her spiritual route: back thousands of years, through past lives to the very origin of the universe.

With rich insight, humility, and grace, The Camino promises listeners the journey of a thousand lifetimes.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
• Release date: May 1, 2000
• ISBN: 9780743519472

Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine has appeared in more than fifty films, has been nominated for an Academy Award six times, and received the Oscar for Best Actress in 1984 for Terms of Endearment. She also recently starred in the hit TV show Downton Abbey. A longtime outspoken advocate for civil rights and liberties, she is the author of ten international bestsellers. She lives in Malibu, California, and Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Reviews for The Camino

[tulstig_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This was one of the factors that set me on the path to do the Camino last year (2010). I really enjoyed her tale, although at times felt a little lost/overwhelmed by her experience.

[lnordgaard · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I was fascinated following her mental and spiritual quest, her dreams and fantasies (including the part on Olof Palme); but frankly; the description of the camino was too packed with her struggle to evade the press, and too short on describing her actual experience of walking the camino.

[cathy_donnelly-1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Loved it. I enjoyed Shirley's honesty about her journey. She always speaks from the heart. She didn't give a romantic version of the Camino and was happy to share the struggles. She came across as a woman who is at peace with who she is and doesn't give a toss about what other people think. A true heroine.

[lizvero_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I love this book, I hope some day do this too.