Nowhere for Very Long: The Unexpected Road to an Unconventional Life
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- Author：Brianna Madia
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Summary
In this beautifully written， vividly detailed memoir， a young woman chronicles her adventures in an orange van named Bertha traveling across the deserts of the American West and reflects on her bold choice to live a big life。
A woman defined by motion， Brianna Madia bought a beat-up van， filled it with her two dogs Bucket and Dagwood， and headed into the canyons of Utah on a journey of discovery。 Nowhere for Very Long is her story of exploration--of the world outside and the spirit within。 From the backroads to the breakdowns， it is the chronicle of a woman in the wild， learning and unlearning。
Brianna knew her path would be different from an early age。 Rejecting the competitive and capitalistic path set out before her， she chose to seek a truer version of happiness， a road scary， uncertain， and entirely her own。 But pursing a life of intention wasn't easy--in fact， it was terribly difficult， boring， and lonely at times when the van overheated， when the weather was bitterly hot or cold， when she was worried about money and the future。 But it was a life of her choosing and that made all the difference。
Nowhere for Long isn't about extreme minimalism or tiny house living or #VanLife。 It's about living a life with fierce intention， about cherishing the moment， about being a woman living a life true to herself。
A woman defined by motion， Brianna Madia bought a beat-up van， filled it with her two dogs Bucket and Dagwood， and headed into the canyons of Utah on a journey of discovery。 Nowhere for Very Long is her story of exploration--of the world outside and the spirit within。 From the backroads to the breakdowns， it is the chronicle of a woman in the wild， learning and unlearning。
Brianna knew her path would be different from an early age。 Rejecting the competitive and capitalistic path set out before her， she chose to seek a truer version of happiness， a road scary， uncertain， and entirely her own。 But pursing a life of intention wasn't easy--in fact， it was terribly difficult， boring， and lonely at times when the van overheated， when the weather was bitterly hot or cold， when she was worried about money and the future。 But it was a life of her choosing and that made all the difference。
Nowhere for Long isn't about extreme minimalism or tiny house living or #VanLife。 It's about living a life with fierce intention， about cherishing the moment， about being a woman living a life true to herself。
Reviews
Liz Kunkle
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I've been following Briana on Instagram for a couple of years now。 Her long form captions with stories always take me along on her ride。 She's a wild soul with a key to nature in her heart。 Her quirkiness gives me permission to let my inner uniqueness fly free。 I'm so looking forward to her book。 I loved "Wild" by Cheryl Strayed and feel like these two women would be friends in real life。 Brianna's stories have made me laugh out loud， cry， and given me a beautiful escape to a life of exploration I've been following Briana on Instagram for a couple of years now。 Her long form captions with stories always take me along on her ride。 She's a wild soul with a key to nature in her heart。 Her quirkiness gives me permission to let my inner uniqueness fly free。 I'm so looking forward to her book。 I loved "Wild" by Cheryl Strayed and feel like these two women would be friends in real life。 Brianna's stories have made me laugh out loud， cry， and given me a beautiful escape to a life of exploration that I wish I could practice more of。 Haters gonna troll， but if you are looking for a good yarn check out my eccentric Aunt。 I wanna go everywhere she rolls。 。。。more
Jessica
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Jesus。 Haters， shut up。 The book hasn’t even been released yet， it could be amazing。 Get a life， my god。
MONIQUE
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It is so incredibly sad to see below that there are reviews prior to a book being released based off opinions from people who sit behind a screen， don't personally know the writer and are just on a vendetta。 Never discredit the hard work of another regardless if you like them or not。 In a day and age where bullying is so prevalent on the internet， I often wonder how the below would reviewers cope if the same happened to them and with their hard work。But if you are going to base purchasing a book It is so incredibly sad to see below that there are reviews prior to a book being released based off opinions from people who sit behind a screen， don't personally know the writer and are just on a vendetta。 Never discredit the hard work of another regardless if you like them or not。 In a day and age where bullying is so prevalent on the internet， I often wonder how the below would reviewers cope if the same happened to them and with their hard work。But if you are going to base purchasing a book off opinions than I hope that you base it off an unbiased one。 With her true flare for writing this book will be more captivating than any social media post can be。 I expect tears and happiness throughout。As someone who also got divorced， loves dogs and has struggled with a conventional life I can not wait to open these pages and be swept up in the words and sentences written by Brianna。From your friends in Australia。 We are so proud。 。。。more
Tessa
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Haven't read this but planning to。。。 just wanted to balance out the rating since there are some seriously jealous haters out there panning this book before it even gets released。 Get off the gram and live a little， people。 Or go write your own memoir maybe？ Yeesh。 Haven't read this but planning to。。。 just wanted to balance out the rating since there are some seriously jealous haters out there panning this book before it even gets released。 Get off the gram and live a little， people。 Or go write your own memoir maybe？ Yeesh。 。。。more
Dana Shea
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This book is at the top of my "most anticipated" list for 2022， and I know I'm not alone。 The ability to follow Brianna's story over Instagram for several years has inspired thousands of women to seek out adventure off the beaten path， and I can't wait to see what new tales she has for us in this book。 This book is at the top of my "most anticipated" list for 2022， and I know I'm not alone。 The ability to follow Brianna's story over Instagram for several years has inspired thousands of women to seek out adventure off the beaten path， and I can't wait to see what new tales she has for us in this book。 。。。more
Lauren Dore
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Keep up the beautiful words！！！ Can’t wait to actually read the book in April！ Didn’t realize you could review a book you haven’t even read yet but thought this talented lady could use some love when the haters just keep after her。
Claire
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I haven’t read this yet and can’t wait！ I see some comments from folks dragging the book - I wonder if they’re the same folks who call places the author is staying to stalk her？ Curious they’d take time to be vitriolic and strange and turn this one person into a demon instead of just …。 unfollowing them。 They do know every view and comment and retweet is more money for her， right？ Anyway， can’t wait to read！
Heather M
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LNothing about this girls life is unconventional or exciting。 She wasn’t even a true van lifer。 Renting rooms to store her free people wardrobe and spon con items。 Only taking the van out to get pictures for the gram。 She is an influencer constantly doing sponsored posts…is this “rejecting the competitive and capitalistic path set out before her？” The only thing unconventional is that she ran over her dog， profited off it， and lied lied lied。 The way she has lied through her entire career。
Amanda Jones
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We do not need another overly dramatized memoir provided by a wealthy， cis， hetero white woman from the East Coast whose sole hardship until her late 20's was her parents divorce in high school。 Save yourself， it's just her Instagram captions but more fluff。 We already know how this goes: almost kicked out of private school， liked animals as a kid， lived on a sailboat， bought a van， took in her nephew right after her DUI （she leaves out that last part in her retelling of that story）， ran over he We do not need another overly dramatized memoir provided by a wealthy， cis， hetero white woman from the East Coast whose sole hardship until her late 20's was her parents divorce in high school。 Save yourself， it's just her Instagram captions but more fluff。 We already know how this goes: almost kicked out of private school， liked animals as a kid， lived on a sailboat， bought a van， took in her nephew right after her DUI （she leaves out that last part in her retelling of that story）， ran over her own dog， developed a victim mentality， divorces husband。。。 There you go there's the story。 While you're at it， read something written by a BIPOC instead of this appropriating phony who managed to fraudulently raise over $100，000 when she ran over her own dog （said it was friend） but raised a whopping zero dollars and zero cents for anyone else or anything else since then。 Line the pockets of a decent person and decent writer， Brianna Madia qualifies as neither。 。。。more
Lisa
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