{"product_id":"windswept-why-women-walk-9781529324730","title":"Windswept: why women walk","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA  feminist exploration of the power of walking in nature, following in the footsteps of Gwen John, Georgia O'Keeffe, Frieda Lawrence, Clara Vyvyan, Simone de Beauvoir and Nan Shepherd.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story of extraordinary women who lost their way - their sense of self, their identity, their freedom - and found it again through walking in the wild. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Moving and memorable'\u003c\/b\u003e Virginia Nicholson, author of \u003ci\u003eHow Was It for You?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A triumph ... I felt as though I were being lifted, carried up to peaks'\u003c\/b\u003e Charlotte Peacock, author of \u003ci\u003eInto the Mountain: A Life of Nan Shepherd\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A beautiful and meditative memoir'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor centuries, the wilds have been male territory, while women sat safely confined at home.  But not all women did as they were told, despite the dangers; history reveals women for whom rural walking became inspiration, consolation and liberation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this powerful and deeply inspiring book, Annabel Abbs uncovers women who refused to conform, who recognised a biological, emotional and artistic need for wilderness, water and desert - and who took the courageous step of walking unpeopled and often forbidding landscapes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart wild-walk, part memoir, \u003ci\u003eWindswept\u003c\/i\u003e follows an exhilarating journey from Abbs's isolated, car-less childhood to her walking the remote paths trodden by extraordinary women, including \u003cb\u003eGeorgia O'Keeffe\u003c\/b\u003e in the empty plains of Texas and New Mexico, \u003cb\u003eNan Shepherd \u003c\/b\u003ein the mountains of Scotland, \u003cb\u003eGwen John\u003c\/b\u003e following the Garonne\u003cb\u003e, Simone de Beauvoir\u003c\/b\u003e in the mountains and forests of France and \u003cb\u003eDaphne du Maurier\u003c\/b\u003e along the River Rhone.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA single question pulses through their walks:\u003cb\u003e How does a woman change once she becomes windswept?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 228g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 131 x 196 x 25 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781529324730\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Annabel Abbs","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44097862435066,"sku":"9781529324730","price":9.27,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1646281408022_book.jpg?v=1646938162","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/windswept-why-women-walk-9781529324730","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}