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Book SynopsisWhen mountains are your salvation, what keep your mental weather calm and free of storms, how do you cope if they’re out of reach? After spending a decade restlessly globetrotting in search of a way of life that worked for him, journalist Kieran Cunningham alighted on Sondrio, a small town in Lombardy, Italy.
A stone’s throw from the Alps, there he found the perfect combination of
fresh mountain air, a strong network of local friends and lots of climbing. Finally he was able to accept and manage his diagnosis of
Bipolar 1. And then Lombardy found itself the European epicentre of Covid-19 and subject to the strictest of lockdowns.
What does a climber do when his beloved peaks are off limits? When he’s only permitted to leave the house for his weekly sanctioned grocery shop?
When all the things that help him maintain his delicate equilibrium are taken away? As Kieran feels his me
