{"product_id":"skybound-9781447273875","title":"Skybound","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Memoir of the Year Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Extraordinary' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Breathtaking' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSkybound\u003c\/i\u003e by Rebecca Loncraine is a book for anyone who has looked up and longed to take flight. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The day she flew in a glider for the first time, Rebecca Loncraine fell in love. Months of gruelling treatment for cancer meant she had lost touch with the world around her, but in that engineless plane, soaring 3,000 feet over the landscape of her childhood, with only the rising thermals to take her higher and the birds to lead the way, she felt ready to face life again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e And so Rebecca flew, travelling from her home in the Black Mountains of Wales to New Zealand’s Southern Alps and the Nepalese Himalayas as she chased her new-found passion: her need to soar with the birds. She would push herself to the boundary of her own fear, and learn to live with joy and hop\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eProfound, euphoric and courageous\u003c\/b\u003e . . . \u003cb\u003ebreathtaking\u003c\/b\u003e . . . \u003cb\u003ea shimmering parting gift to those still earthbound\u003c\/b\u003e * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA soaring gift of a book\u003c\/b\u003e. A moving meditation on landscapes and the leaving of them, \u003cb\u003ethe freedom of travelling beyond our fears\u003c\/b\u003e -- Owen Sheers\u003cbr\u003eMakes you\u003cb\u003e look at the sky and the land with new eyes\u003c\/b\u003e . . . \u003cb\u003eextraordinary\u003c\/b\u003e . . . \u003cb\u003ea celebration of wind and wings\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStunning\u003c\/b\u003e . . . \u003ci\u003eSkybound\u003c\/i\u003e is so full of life - \u003cb\u003ea love letter to nature \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003ea hymn of love to the parental bond\u003c\/b\u003e -- Cathy Rentzenbrink, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Act of Love\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Manual for Heartache\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA valuable contribution . . . if \u003ci\u003eSkybound \u003c\/i\u003eis a manual for anything, it's for\u003cb\u003e how to find lift on the Earth in the face of uncertainties \u003c\/b\u003e. . . \u003cb\u003eremarkable\u003c\/b\u003e -- Mark Vanhoenacker, author of \u003ci\u003eSkyfaring\u003c\/i\u003e * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003eIf you’re looking for \u003cb\u003ebeauty, love and courage, read this book\u003c\/b\u003e -- Nicholas Crane\u003cbr\u003eAs \u003cb\u003ethoughtful and insightful\u003c\/b\u003e as it is\u003cb\u003e courageous and inspiring\u003c\/b\u003e * Sunday Express *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAstonishingly beautiful\u003c\/b\u003e . . . a record of a life that was lived \u003cb\u003evividly and thrillingly and intensely\u003c\/b\u003e . . . \u003cb\u003ebrilliant and unique\u003c\/b\u003e -- Niall Griffiths, author of \u003ci\u003eGrits\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis \u003cb\u003ebeautiful book transformed the way I see the sky\u003c\/b\u003e . . . \u003cb\u003efascinating\u003c\/b\u003e -- James Macdonald Lockhart, author of \u003ci\u003eRaptor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eProfound and exquisitely written \u003c\/b\u003e -- Jay Griffiths, author of \u003ci\u003eWild: An Elemental Journey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003elife-affirming \u003c\/b\u003ememoir * Radio Times *\u003cbr\u003eProves that one \u003cb\u003ecan soar above the fear of death\u003c\/b\u003e both literally and in language of \u003cb\u003eunsurpassed beauty\u003c\/b\u003e . . . the book is about \u003cb\u003ethe sheer thrill of being part of the astonishing earth\u003c\/b\u003e we have in common, written by an \u003cb\u003eextraordinarily sensitive and gifted writer\u003c\/b\u003e * Harvard Review *\u003cbr\u003eI have \u003cb\u003enever read anything like it \u003c\/b\u003e. . . painted from a palette of \u003cb\u003ecourage, honesty\u003c\/b\u003e and moments of great beauty -- Jim Crumley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA poetic as it is inspirational\u003c\/b\u003e * New Statesman *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019859591511,"sku":"9781447273875","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781447273875.jpg?v=1750781501","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/skybound-9781447273875","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}