The Way From Here Paperback – March 24, 2026

She thought walking Portugal’s coast would help her move on. Instead, it forces her to face everything she tried to forget.After a breakup unravels the life she thought she had, Aly is left alone in Portugal with two unstructured weeks and nowhere to hide from what comes next.On impulse, she sets out on the Portuguese Coastal Camino de Santiago, a journey she was never meant to take alone.What begins as an escape quickly turns inward.With every mile, the past she has tried to outrun begins to catch up. Addiction. Grief. Reckless choices. The relationship that once held her together until it didn’t. Along the way, she meets fellow pilgrims and fleeting connections, strangers who become mirrors reflecting the parts of herself she has been avoiding.But the hardest distance is not the miles ahead.It is the life she has been running from.Told in alternating timelines, Aly’s present-day pilgrimage is interwoven with the messy, complicated years behind her, forcing her to confront who she has been and who she is without anyone to hold her together.With every step, the distance between who she was and who she is becoming grows harder to ignore.And when there is nothing left to define her, Aly is left with one question:Who is she on her own?The Way from Here is a deeply emotional story of heartbreak, identity, and self-discovery, perfect for readers who loved Wild, with a messier, more intimate, queer edge. Read more