Carine McCandless, sister of Chris McCandless, who was the subject of “Into the Wild,” has written her own account of her late brother, “The Wild Truth: The Untold Story of Sibling Survival.” (Courtesy HarperOne)
Carine McCandless was among the countless Americans who were compelled by “Into the Wild,” author Jon Krakauer’s 1996 book — later made into a Sean Penn-directed film — about a young man who dropped out of society on a journey of self-discovery, only to die of starvation in the Alaskan wilderness.
But her interest was infinitely more personal than most. The subject of the book and film, Chris McCandless, was her beloved brother. Now she has written her own account of life in the McCandless family, which as readers of Krakauer’s book know, carried dark secrets — including the parents manipulation of the details of a second family. It’s called “The Wild Truth: The Untold Story of Sibling Survival. (HarperOne, $27.99)
McCandless is making two Front Range bookstore appearances and signings: Tuesday Nov. 18 at the in Denver (2526 E. Colfax Ave.) and Wednesday Nov. 19 at , 1107 Pearl St. in Boulder. Both appearances are at 7:30 p.m.
“In the decades since Chris’ death, my half-siblings and I have come together to find our own truth and build our own beauty in his absence,” Carine says. “In each other, we’ve found absolution, as I believe Chris found absolution in the wild before he died.”
This isn’t purely a business trip for Carine, who lives in Virginia with her two daughters. Her sister, Shelly McCandless, is manager at in Denver’s Uptown neighborhood.
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