Travelling with Ghosts
An intimate and inspiring journey
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- 27,99 zł
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- 27,99 zł
Publisher Description
'A cross between H is for Hawk and Wild' Stylist
'A brave and necessary record of love, as beautiful as it is heartbreaking' Ann Patchett, author of Commonwealth
'Rich and absorbing' Cathy Rentzenbrink, author of The Last Act of Love
'Gloriously rendered, beautifully written, but utterly devastating . . . an intimate and inspiring experience' Viv Groskop, Observer
On a warm evening on a beautiful beach in Thailand, Shannon Leone Fowler's life was shattered when a box jellyfish - the most venomous animal in the world - wrapped itself around her fiancé Sean's legs, stinging and killing him in minutes. Devastated by the tragedy, Shannon, a marine biologist, could not face returning to her home by the ocean. She had travelled the world with Sean, and to honour his memory set out on a new journey - this time alone, to make sense of her loss.
From contemplating the silence of Auschwitz, to stumbling through poverty-stricken Romania and Bulgaria, to sitting shiva amid daily bombings in Israel, to finding humour and creativity in Sarajevo, a city still scarred by war, Shannon begins to chart a path through grief - learning to live with loss without letting it destroy her.
Includes an interview between Shannon Leone Fowler and her mother, author of international bestseller The Jane Austen Book Club and Man Booker Prize Shortlisted We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, Karen Joy Fowler.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Fowler, a lover of the ocean and marine life from an early age who trained as a marine biologist, was devastated when her fianc was killed by a jellyfish while they were on vacation in Thailand. Fowler's moving account traces her grief following the accident. Unable to face the ocean, Fowler forced herself back into the world, traveling for four months and visiting 10 countries off the usual tourist routes. She spent time with the two Israeli women who supported her throughout the ordeal in Thailand; she ventures to war-ravaged Sarajevo. Fowler notes that, "After Israel and Bosnia, Croatia seemed safe and peaceful and mellow." Wherever she travels, however, memories of her fianc are with her, and she continues to come to terms with his death: she learns of other numerous deaths she never is able to determine how many from the same deadly species of jellyfish near where her fianc died. Fowler notes that there were no warnings regarding the poisonous jellyfish, and officials initially attempted to claim his death was caused by drunkenness. This is nicely written and informative journey on the path to healing.
