![]() It’s about the challenge of walking a long distance and of working out where you are going. Two Steps Forward is a novel about renewal-physical, psychological and spiritual. Looking to make a new start, each sets out alone to walk two thousand kilometres from Cluny to Santiago, in northwestern Spain, in the footsteps of pilgrims who have walked the Camino-the Way-for centuries. Both are struggling to come to terms with their recent past-for Zoe, the death of her husband for Martin, a messy divorce. Both have ended up in picturesque Cluny, in central France. Zoe, a sometime artist, is from California. Two Steps Forward by by Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist (2018)Ī story of mid-life and second chances from Graeme Simsion, author of The Rosie Project, and his wife Anne Buist, s oon to be a film produced by Ellen DeGeneres.Ībstract: Two misfits walk 2,000 kilometres along the Camino de Santiago to find themselves and, perhaps, each other along the way. Purchase “What the Psychic Told the Pilgrim” (book or audiobook) on, Indigo,, amazon.ca or .Ģ. Never underestimate the power of goosebumps, but if it ends up involving 14 other women don’t say you weren’t warned. Then, in the midst of it all, something wonderfully unexpected sprang up, and altered my universe. This book made me laugh throughout – I can’t recommend it highly enough!Ībstract: Who knew that a bottle of wine, an airline steward, and a rash of goosebumps would direct me to a 780-kilometre trek across Spain, despite the fact I had never backpacked or laced up hiking boots? I believe that every physical journey we take has a metaphysical one (or six) going on inside us simultaneously for me, that year, those side journeys included healing a broken heart, grappling with the politics of female friendships, and trying not to be a whining middle-aged woman. She has published five books of what has been categorized as travel writing but of which she prefers to call journey memoir. Jane Christmas is a Canadian travel writer, who was a shortlisted nominee for the Stephen Leacock Award and the Word Awards in 2014 for her memoir And Then There Were Nuns. To celebrate her 50th birthday and face the challenges of mid-life, Jane Christmas joins 14 women to hike the Camino de Santiago de Compostela. What the Psychic Told the Pilgrim: A Midlife Misadventure on Spain’s Camino de Santiago de Compostela by Jane Christmas (2009) When you purchase a book on our website using these links, we receive a small commission which helps us maintain our editorial and book club, at no cost to you. (Note: This article includes links from Amazon and other booksellers. are recognizable and relatable, much more so than a glossy religious experience or steamy love affair, and much more enjoyable for its accessibility.” Have other books about the Camino to recommend? Please leave them in the comments below. The warts and grittiness of Christmas’s journey. style is equal parts Nora Ephron and Bill Bryson, balancing pithy observation with the history of the trail and her own experiences upon it. Her first sentence, ‘Impulse is intuition on crack,’ sets the tone, as noted by Quill & Quire, which says: “This is the real deal. One of my personal favorites is our first book, What the Psychic Told the Pilgrim, our July 2023 JourneyWoman Book Club Book of the Month. These six books about the Camino come recommended by JourneyWoman readers and share stories of self-discovery and unexpected misadventures, many from women in midlife. ![]() From popular memoirs from authors like Paulo Cohelo, Shirley MacLaine and Hape Kerkeling, to guidebooks like John Brierley’s A Pilgrim’s Guide to the Camino de Santiago (Camino Francés), there is no shortage of wisdom and practical advice. The Camino de Santiago has no doubt inspired hundreds, if not thousands, of books about this world-reowned pilgrimage route, which traverses parts of southern France, Portugal and Spain. ![]() Midlife misadventures and more on the Camino de Santiago
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