Straggle: Adventures in Walking While Female

**Honourable Mention for the 2024 Alanna Bondar Memorial Book Prize**
**Honourable Mention for the VMI Betsy Warland Between Genres Award**
 

In this wide-ranging collection of essays Tanis MacDonald walks the reader down many paths, pointing out the sights, exclaiming over birds, sharing stories and asking questions about just who gets to walk freely through our cities, parks and wilderness. From a child spotting a snowy owl on her way to school to a young woman watching her own distinctive walk be imitated in an acting class, MacDonald shares how walking has shaped her life and the lives of many others. Wry, smart, political and lyrical, these essays share the joy of walking as well its danger and uncover the promise it offers – of healing, of companionship and of understanding.