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A review by nanajo
Passionate Nomad: The Life of Freya Stark by Jane Fletcher Geniesse
4.0
Although some of the extensive detail of Freya Stark's life can get a bit overwhelming, the author is to be complimented on her ability to capture the spirit of this amazing woman and her accomplishments. There is a good mix of focus on the woman as well as the political, historical, religious and cultural aspects of the countries that we are introduced to.
Freya's description of the missionaries of the 1920's "They suffer from stagnation of the brain, and that surely produces stagnation of the soul in time. To feel, and think, and learn-learn always; surely that is being alive and young in the real sense. And most people seem to want to stagnate when they reach middle age. I hope I shall not become so, resenting ideas that are not my ideas, and seeing the world with all its changes and growth as a series of congealed formulas." Well said, Mrs. Freya Stark.
Freya's description of the missionaries of the 1920's "They suffer from stagnation of the brain, and that surely produces stagnation of the soul in time. To feel, and think, and learn-learn always; surely that is being alive and young in the real sense. And most people seem to want to stagnate when they reach middle age. I hope I shall not become so, resenting ideas that are not my ideas, and seeing the world with all its changes and growth as a series of congealed formulas." Well said, Mrs. Freya Stark.