Wayfarer: Love, Loss and Life on Britain's Pilgrim Paths

Wayfarer is a powerful and delicate book of love, loss, and discovery, following Phoebe Smith's journey on the Camino de Santiago in northern Spain. It explores her battle with an eating disorder, depression, and the pitfalls of newfound singledom, and how nature and place can heal past wounds, offering a pathway to salvation.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 30 January 2025
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Raynor Winn's "Wayfarer" is a powerful and delicate book that explores love, loss, and discovery along the paths of emotional understanding and physical wonder. It was shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year 2025 and won the Travel Book of the Year at the Inspire Global Media Awards. Phoebe Smith, the author, lost her way while walking the Camino de Santiago in northern Spain and ended up confronting past traumas that she thought she had laid to rest. However, this is not a book about religion; rather, it is an unflinchingly honest look at Phoebe's battle with an eating disorder, depression, and the pitfalls of newfound singledom. Skilfully weaving together Phoebe's own story with those of countless travellers past and present, "Wayfarer" reveals how nature and place can heal past wounds, offering a pathway to salvation that she never thought existed.

Weight: 218g
Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780008566555