AUDIOBOOK

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

Phoebe Smith
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Duration
7h 21m
Year
2024
Language
English

About

Raw, honest, powerful. I couldn't put it down.' At the age of 32, on an assignment to walk the most famous pilgrimage in the world—the Camino de Santiago, in northern Spain—Phoebe Smith somehow lost her way. Having spent a lifetime exploring unfamiliar places, she quit her dream job, ended her long-term relationship, and headed home to North Wales to discover the point to... everything. In her search for answers she found herself—quite by accident—walking some of Britain's oldest pilgrim paths. And in following these old ways, she ended up confronting past traumas that she thought she had laid to rest. She may have been following holy trails, but this is not a book about religion. From losing her mother as a teenager to surviving toxic relationships, Phoebe offers an unflinchingly honest look at her battle with an eating disorder, depression, and the pitfalls of newfound singledom. Skillfully weaving together Phoebe's own story with those of countless travelers past and present, reveals how nature can heal past wounds, offering a pathway to salvation she'd never thought existed.

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