A Trip of One's Own
Hope, heartbreak and why travelling solo could change your life
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4.7 • 3 Ratings
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- £5.99
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- £5.99
Publisher Description
If Joan Didion was right, and we do tell ourselves stories in order to live, then a travel story is the best story of them all. And I had form for escaping in stories...
After an unexpected divorce, after less than a year of marriage, Kate Wills decides to lose herself in her job. As a travel journalist, Kate has the the perfect opportunity to escape from it all by exploring the world. This time, though, things were different: Kate felt more alone, particularly against a backdrop of never-ending hen dos, weddings and baby showers.
So, she began to search history for female travellers to inspire her. From a 4th-century nun to a globe-girdling cyclist to a cross-dressing French voyager who circumnavigated the world, Kate discovers that throughout history, there have been astonishing women who've broken free from burdensome expectations, clearing the path for us to do the same.
A Trip of One's Own is a funny, heartfelt and inspiring invitation to take that trip of a lifetime: to Australia, to Paris, to Whitstable, or maybe down that street you've always wondered about.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
After ending her marriage in her early thirties, travel journalist Kate Wills, already experienced when it came to pitching up in new places alone, threw herself into a series of solo trips. The resulting book is part travelogue, part memoir and part how-to for those keen to follow suit. As well as being an entertaining guide, and writing with tender honesty about healing after heartbreak, Wills shares the fascinating stories of many solo female world-travellers who have come before—from the fourth-century nun Egeria, whom she follows to the Middle East, to Elspeth Beard, who in the 1980s became the first British woman to circumnavigate the globe on a motorcycle. By the end, as the COVID-19 pandemic takes hold and brings everything to a halt, Wills’s trips and the lessons of these pioneering women have helped her to develop a new perspective on life at home, too.
