Lara Prior-Palmer Rough Magic Paperback Book

A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICKSuch an addictive and likeable book...One of this years best memoirs The TelegraphRough Magic is transporting, beguiling and terrifically entertaining Daily MailThe Mongol Derby is the worlds toughest horse race. A feat of endurance across the vast Mongolian plains once traversed by the people of Genghis Khan, competitors ride 25 horses across a distance of 1000km. Many riders dont make it to the finish line. In 2013, Lara PriorPalmer nineteen, underprepared but seeking the great unknown decided to enter the race. Driven by her own restlessness, stubbornness, and a lifelong love of horses, she raced for seven days through extreme heat and terrifying storms, catching a few hours of sleep where she could at the homes of nomadic families. Battling bouts of illness and dehydration, exhaustion and bruising falls, she found she had nothing to lose, and tore through the field with her motley crew of horses. In one of the Derbys most unexpected results, she became the youngestever champion and the first woman to win the race. A tale of adventure, fortitude and poetry, Rough Magic is the extraordinary story of one young womans encounter with oblivion, and herself. WINNER STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARDS 2020SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL PRIZE 2019Its the resistance to the obvious narratives that makes Rough Magic so appealing the book undermines lazy womeninthewilderness tropes at every turn. Sarah Moss, GuardianThink Educated meets Wild... | Lara Prior-Palmer Rough Magic Paperback Book