Jenn Ashworth The Parallel Path : Love, Grit & Walking the North Hardback Book

Forget The Salt Path this writers introspective journey provides genuine food for thought... Chastened but buoyant, shes stimulating to be with, her book the best kind of walking companion GuardianTouching, thoughtful and frank Jenn Ashworth is a wonderful writerDavid Nicholls, author of You Are HereIve long loved Ashworths uncanny fiction, and this memoir is filled with her characteristic understanding of the connections between the physical world and our interior lives. Wonderful for taking on a walk yourself. Financial TimesLike going on a long walk with an old friend I loved it Mark Haddon, author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the NightTimeBurnt out and longing for an escape, Jenn Ashworth emerged from lockdown with a compulsive need to walk and to walk away. Armed with little more than the knowledge imparted by a twoday orienteering course and a set of maps, she embarked on the most epic of English walks Wainwrights Coast to Coast. Guided not just by Wainwrights writing but also by daily letters from her friend Clive facing an epic journey of his own Jenns pilgrimage soon becomes more than just walking a chance to reconnect and excavate, to reengage with the act of caring for others and for oneself. But the walks tricky terrain is not the only thing standing in Jenns way. As days go by, her balance begins to fail her and the act of putting one foot in front the other becomes a new exercise in caution. When a vicious heatwave forces her to pause her... | Jenn Ashworth The Parallel Path : Love, Grit & Walking the North Hardback Book