The Wild Other
A memoir of love, adventure and how to be brave
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2018
Hodder Paperback (Verlag)
9781473630246 (ISBN)
Hodder Paperback (Verlag)
9781473630246 (ISBN)
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE. A powerful and beautifully written memoir from journalist Clover Stroud, about grief, motherhood, depression and the healing power of nature and horses.
'Extraordinary. I've never met anyone who has read it and doesn't rank it as one of their favourite books.' DOLLY ALDERTON
'So fierce and brave and visceral and raw - will stay with me forever. I loved it.' ELIZABETH GILBERT
'Full of heart, bravery and adventure.' AMY LIPTROT
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE
Clover Stroud grew up in rural Wiltshire surrounded by animals and family. When she was just sixteen her adored mother had a horrific riding accident which left her permanently brain-damaged, and suddenly Clover was left to fend for herself. She embarked on an extraordinary journey to heal her broken heart, courting men and danger through two marriages and five children.
The Wild Other is a grippingly honest account of love, sex and travelling to the darkest edges of human experience and back again. Powerful and deeply emotional, this is the story of an extraordinary life lived at its fullest.
'There is so much richly evoked life here... beautifully written.' Cathy Rentzenbrink, The Times
'This redemptive memoir will steal your heart; it will return it bruised but emboldened.' Mail on Sunday
'Extraordinary. I've never met anyone who has read it and doesn't rank it as one of their favourite books.' DOLLY ALDERTON
'So fierce and brave and visceral and raw - will stay with me forever. I loved it.' ELIZABETH GILBERT
'Full of heart, bravery and adventure.' AMY LIPTROT
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE
Clover Stroud grew up in rural Wiltshire surrounded by animals and family. When she was just sixteen her adored mother had a horrific riding accident which left her permanently brain-damaged, and suddenly Clover was left to fend for herself. She embarked on an extraordinary journey to heal her broken heart, courting men and danger through two marriages and five children.
The Wild Other is a grippingly honest account of love, sex and travelling to the darkest edges of human experience and back again. Powerful and deeply emotional, this is the story of an extraordinary life lived at its fullest.
'There is so much richly evoked life here... beautifully written.' Cathy Rentzenbrink, The Times
'This redemptive memoir will steal your heart; it will return it bruised but emboldened.' Mail on Sunday
Clover Stroud is a writer and journalist writing for the Daily Mail, Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph, and Conde Nast Traveller, among others. She lives in Oxfordshire with her husband and five children.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 21.03.2018 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 128 x 196 mm |
| Gewicht | 210 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Tiere / Tierhaltung | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781473630246 / 9781473630246 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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