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Jill Frayne's long-term relationship was ending and her daughter was about to graduate and leave home. She decided to pack up her life and head for the Yukon. Driving alone across the country from her home just north of Toronto, describing the land as it changes from Precambrian Shield to open prairie, Jill finds that solitude in the wilds is not what she expected. She is actively engaged by nature, her moods reflected in the changing landscape and weather. Camping in her tent as she travels, she begins to let go of the world she's leaving and to enter the realm of the solitary traveller. There are many challenges in store. She has booked a place on a two-week sea-kayaking trip in the Queen Charlotte Islands of British Columbia; though she owns a canoe, she has never been in a kayak. As the departure nears, she dreads it. Nor does it work any miracle charm on her, as she is isolated from her fellow travellers; yet the landscape and wild beauty of the old hunt camps gradually affects her. Halfway, as she begins to have energy left at the end of the day's exertions, she notes: "This is as relaxed as I have ever been, as free from anxious future-thinking as I have ever managed." From

Who reads Starting Out in the Afternoon : a Mid-life Journey Into Wild Land?

Author

Frayne, Jill

Publisher

Random House of Canada

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780679311881

Category

travel

Subjects

Memoir, Fiction, History

Rating

4.1 / 5 (12 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14