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Windswept: Walking in the Paths of Trailblazing Women by Annabel Abbs is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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A Smithsonian Top Ten Best Book About Travel of 2021 2022 Banff Mountain Book Competition Finalist An Apple Books Pick of the Month and a Powell's and The Story Exchange Best Book of Fall "A gorgeous and revelatory blend of memoir, travelogue, and long-forgotten history."—Abbott Kahler Annabel Abbs's Windswept: Walking the Paths of Trailblazing Women is a beautifully written meditation on connecting with the outdoors through the simple act of walking. In captivating and elegant prose, Abbs follows in the footsteps of women who boldly reclaimed wild landscapes for themselves, including Georgia O'Keeffe in the empty plains of Texas and New Mexico, Nan Shepherd in the mountains of Scotland, Gwen John following the French River Garonne, Daphne du Maurier along the River Rhône, and Simone de Beauvoir—who walked as much as twenty-five miles a day in a dress and espadrilles—through the mountains and forests of France. Part historical inquiry and part memoir, the stories of these writers and artists are laced together by moments in Abb's own life, beginning with her poet father who raised her in the Welsh countryside as an "experiment," according to the principles of Rousseau. Abbs explore

Who reads Windswept: Walking in the Paths of Trailblazing Women?

Author

Annabel Abbs

Publisher

Tin House Books, LLC

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9781951142780

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Anthropology, Social_sciences