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A successful entrepreneur and mother, Carine McCandless (b. 1971) is most famous as the sister of Chris McCandless, the subject of Jon Krakauer’s international 1996 bestseller Into the Wild.  A key source for the book, she also worked closely with Krakauer and Sean Penn on the 2007 movie version.  In 2014, she published The Wild Truth, a memoir that shed new light on her brother’s story.  She lives in Virginia Beach, Virginia with her two daughters.

Carine McCanless on Readers Lane

The Wild Truth

Official Website

Carine McCandless

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