A review by emz2702
This One Wild and Precious Life: A Hopeful Path Forward in a Fractured World by Sarah Wilson

3.0

This is a difficult review to right. I did feel like Sarah Wilson writes from a place of privilege, living a life of endless opportunity. She does justify her travelling footprint - staying in places for 6 months instead of jetting all over the place constantly, that flying can be better for the planet than cars, that it was for work... this would've gone down a lot better if it wasn't 75% of the way into the book. But the jobs, connections, and money it must've taken to accomplish her travel & writing life... Hard to imagine how that adds up as "come from nothing". But her book does make me question whether this reaction is just an excuse so I don't have to "do everything I can" to reduce my footprint. As someone with an exceptionally overthinking, catastrophizing brain, I'm not sure the whole never-ending-ness of the fight is healthy - I already expect too much of myself in so many areas of my life, and Sarah's message doesn't leave much wriggle room.

That aside, this was a good book. Well resourced, a moderately compelling story, and while Sarah's voice is good narration on the audiobook (which I'm thankful for because it is a very long read at 14 hours), I recommend reading this as an ebook so you can highlight & keep notes.