Detours

Hope & Growth After Life's Hardest Turns

De: Elizabeth Smart

Narrado por: Elizabeth Smart

In this powerful memoir of survival and healing, Elizabeth Smart empowers listeners to navigate life’s detours, embrace resilience, and find healing and purpose after adversity.

In Detours, Elizabeth Smart explores how trauma can derail one’s path in life and shares her struggles with captivity, reintegration, and resilience. Using the metaphor of life as a road, Smart introduces four key “Rest Stops” for navigating life’s detours—grieving lost paths, embracing change, seeking connections, and redefining destinations. Through themes of hope, community, and self-discovery, she inspires listeners to find strength in their own journeys toward healing.

©2025 Elizabeth Smart (P)2025 Recorded Books

It was a Detour

At times, the book felt disjointed. She mentioned not wanting to tell her story repeatedly, yet after offering advice she often circled back into personal anecdotes. While there were moments I appreciated—particularly her emphasis on celebrating small, meaningful moments in life—overall I was disappointed.

I also found it notable that she chose not to discuss her faith, explaining that it was personal. Given how significant faith can be to identity, especially alongside major family dynamics like accepting her gay father, I would have valued a more honest reflection on the struggles that may have accompanied that shift. Greater vulnerability in those areas would have added depth and authenticity to the book.

her ego is ginormous.

I get what happened to her was awful but does she always have to talk about it? I feel like I wasted a credit:/