To the River: A Journey Beneath the Surface by Olivia Laing

To the River: A Journey Beneath the Surface

Olivia Laing

279 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction memoir nature travel informative reflective relaxing slow-paced
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To the River is the story of the Ouse, the Sussex river in which Virginia Woolf drowned in 1941. One midsummer week over sixty years later, Olivia Laing walked Woolf's river from source to sea. The result is a passionate investigation into how his...

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Moods

reflective 92%
informative 68%
relaxing 42%
inspiring 29%
emotional 26%
adventurous 22%
challenging 15%
hopeful 14%
sad 12%
dark 7%
funny 5%
mysterious 5%
lighthearted 3%
tense 1%

Pace

slow 56%
medium 41%
fast 1%

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