Sara Wheeler Glowing Still : A Woman's Life on the Road - 'Funny, furious

Britains foremost woman travel writer Sara Wheeler records her life of adventure, from the Antarctic to ZanzibarFunny, furious writing from the queen of intrepid travel Daily TelegraphIntrepid and sparky, full of canny quips and lightly poetic observationsMail on SundayMagnificent and unusualViv Groskop, Spectator Sara Wheeler is Britains foremost woman travel writer. Glowing Still is the story of her travelling life what is important, revealing or funny in a notoriously testosteroneladen field. Growing up among bluecollar Conservatives in Bristol where we didnt know anyone who wasnt like us, Wheeler knew she needed to get away. In her twenties she began a dramatic escape Pole to Pole, via Poland. Glowing Still recalls happy days on Indias Puri Express an Antarctic lavatory through which a seal popped up (hot fishy breath!) and the louche life of a Parisian shopgirl. Corralling reindeer with the Smi in Arctic Sweden and towing her baby on a sledge, a helpful herdsman advised her to put foil down her bra to facilitate nursing. Launching at Nubility, Wheeler voyages, via small children, to the welcoming port of Invisibility (she leaves Immobility for the next volume). As she writes in the introduction, when she set sail Role models were scarce in the travelwriting game. But advancing years usher in unheralded freedoms, and journeys end finds Wheeler at peace among Zanzibar dhows, contemplating our connection with other lives the irreplaceable value that travel brings ... | Sara Wheeler Glowing Still : A Woman's Life on the Road - 'Funny, furious