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Book SynopsisBritain's foremost woman travel writer Sara Wheeler records her life of adventure, from the Antarctic to Zanzibar.
'Funny, furious writing from the queen of intrepid travel' Daily Telegraph
'Intrepid and sparky, full of canny quips and lightly poetic observations' Mail on Sunday
'Magnificent and unusual... Glowing Still is a thoughtful and entertaining meditation on identity, geography and the position of the self in the world' Viv Groskop, Spectator
Sara Wheeler is Britain's foremost woman travel writer. Glowing Still is the story of her travelling life - what is 'important, revealing or funny' - in a notoriously testosterone-laden field. Growing up among blue-collar Conservatives in Bristol where 'we didn't know anyone who wasn't like us', Wheeler knew she needed to get away. In her twenties she began a dramatic escape: Pole to Pole, via Poland. Glowing Still reca
Trade ReviewFunny, furious writing from the queen of intrepid travel * Daily Telegraph *
[Wheeler is] an absolute hoot. But also deadly serious, fabulously well-read, thoughtful, self-deprecating - everything you'd want while slowly crossing some vast continent by bus or by train.
Glowing Still is the next best thing to hopping on board with her...
An ingenious piece of work... dozens of intriguing insights and remarks about the life of the travel writer * Daily Telegraph *
Part travelogue, part memoir,
Glowing Still smoulders with anger about [...] the historically contested place of women travel writers... It's also a
funny and revealing account of her own journey as a writer... colourful, deceptively capacious... Wheeler excels at uncovering
illuminating details about the people she meets * Times Literary Supplement *
Magnificent and unusual...
Glowing Still is a thoughtful and entertaining meditation on identity, geography and the position of the self in the world... [Wheeler writes] with humour, pathos and genuine curiosity about herself and her work, revealing the backstory to her many award-winning books -- Viv Groskop * Spectator *
Martha Gellhorn is one of Sara Wheeler's heroines, and something of [Gellhorn's] feisty and defiant sentiments runs through her memoir, which is both
enjoyable and impressive... Wheeler is remarkable for the sheer amount of travelling she has done over the last forty years * Literary Review *
Intrepid and sparky, full of canny quips and lightly poetic observations... throughout her entertaining and thoughtful voyage through notebooks amassed over decades, any wistfulness is amply balanced by a sense of freedom * Mail on Sunday *
[A] sprightly memoir of her life on the road... Wheeler clothes her experiences with humour and imagination * The Times *
A great read, full of acute observation, strongly held beliefs, good stories, and telling detail, all leavened with wry humour * Sherborne Times *
[An] excellent memoir,
funny, fierce and challenging... Intensely curious and observant, [Wheeler] researches in depth and keeps detailed notebooks... If there is a certain melancholy in this book, there is also exhilaration, and hope -- Anne Chisholm * Tablet *
One of the pleasures of this engrossing book is Wheeler's knack for bringing a country alive through small details * Daily Mail *
[A] brilliant new memoir... Wheeler unearths the notebooks in which she has recorded her far-flung trips over the years -- Laura Antonia Jordan * Elle *
