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denisever's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.0
violaine_b's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.25
bethancy's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
3.5
ida_ree's review against another edition
5.0
I'm an avid walker, so was naturally drawn to this book. I will read anything about walking and anything about women empowering themselves. Great combo here.
Andrews specifically focuses on women who have written about their walking experiences. So it's not about every well-known female pedestrian. She starts with some of her own experiences in the mountains of Scotland and then forays into ten separate essays, each focusing on one person. Some figures were familiar to me -- Virginia Woolf, Cheryl Strayed. Others were new introductions. I learned about Dorothy Wordsworth, who thought nothing of walking 20 or more miles in a day, and every bit as accomplished as her famous brother, William. I'm going to look up writing by Linda Cracknell after reading about her here. In fact, this book grew my "to read" list quite a bit.
I liked that Andrews retraced many of the walks described and shares a short blurb about her personal experience following the footsteps of the women who went before.
Andrews specifically focuses on women who have written about their walking experiences. So it's not about every well-known female pedestrian. She starts with some of her own experiences in the mountains of Scotland and then forays into ten separate essays, each focusing on one person. Some figures were familiar to me -- Virginia Woolf, Cheryl Strayed. Others were new introductions. I learned about Dorothy Wordsworth, who thought nothing of walking 20 or more miles in a day, and every bit as accomplished as her famous brother, William. I'm going to look up writing by Linda Cracknell after reading about her here. In fact, this book grew my "to read" list quite a bit.
I liked that Andrews retraced many of the walks described and shares a short blurb about her personal experience following the footsteps of the women who went before.
atadasi's review against another edition
3.0
If you’re interested in Romantic writers/nature/hiking, you’ll most likely love this book. If you’re interested in walking/pedestrianism generally, parts of these book will grab you and others will fade quickly. I’m of the latter group and while I enjoyed the chapters on Virginia Woolf and Anaïs Nin—they were the urban walkers of the book—I was largely unimpressed. I’m coming to think I’m somewhat averse/uninterested in books that are 90% recounting research and 10% writer’s voice. The most captivating books are the ones that maintain voice even while sorting through facts and details. I’d hoped this would be one. Disappointed it wasn’t.
florencemayvintage's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
3.0