{"product_id":"9781529324730-windswept","title":"Windswept","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewhy women walk\u003cbr\u003e\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\u003cbr\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\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39857456414817,"sku":"9781529324730","price":10.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28170768.jpg?v=1724333532","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529324730-windswept","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}