{"product_id":"the-wild-other-9781473630246","title":"The Wild Other","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''E\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003extraordinary. I''ve never met anyone who has read it and doesn''t rank it as one of their favourite books.'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDOLLY ALDERTON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSo fierce and brave and visceral and raw - will stay with me forever. I loved it.'' ELIZABETH GILBERT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''F\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eull of heart, bravery and adventure.\u003c\/b\u003e'' \u003cb\u003eAMY LIPTROT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClover Stroud grew up in rural Wiltshire surrounded by animals and family. When she was just sixteen her adored mother had a horrific riding accident which left her permanently brain-damaged, and suddenly Clover was left to fend for herself. She embarked on an extraordinary journey to heal her broken heart, courting men and danger through two marriages and five children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wild Other\u003c\/i\u003e is a grippingly honest account of love, sex and travelling to the darkest edges of human experience and back again. Powerful and deeply emotional, this is the story of an extraordin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClover Stroud is a born writer: honest, tender, moving and true.  A beautiful book. * Cressida Connolly *\u003cbr\u003eHorses, family ties, exotic lovers and beautiful writing all saddle up in this thoroughbred ride through love, loss, danger, motherhood and healing. * The Bookseller *\u003cbr\u003eA stunning story of courage in the face of fortune's cruelest blows, Clover Stroud's extraordinary memoir charts her journey from child to adult, from daughter to mother, proving that bravery - and love - will triumph even in the darkest situations. * Rosie Boycott *\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully written and so moving ... a gritty, passionate, searingly honest meditation on grief, love and motherhood. * Katie Hickman *\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully written...I love this book. * India Knight *\u003cbr\u003eHeart-wrenching and beautifully written. * Polly Samson *\u003cbr\u003eAn astonishing piece of work that at times made my heart burst. All of human life is contained in this book. Clover Stroud is a remarkable woman, and an incredible writer. * Bryony Gordon *\u003cbr\u003eFearless, frank and so beautifully told, \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Other\u003c\/i\u003e is a defiant story of love and motherhood in the face of loss. One of those books that makes you resolve to wring every last exhilarating drop from life while you can. * Gaby Hinsliff *\u003cbr\u003eSo haunting and brave and beautiful. * Polly Williams *\u003cbr\u003eA dazzling, searingly honest book. Love. Sex. Grief. The Wild West.  I couldn't put it down. * Esther Freud *\u003cbr\u003eAn extraordinary memoir... Stroud writes with moving, eloquent honesty. * Elizabeth Day, The Pool *\u003cbr\u003eCompelling and candid, deftly weaving together past and present... a heart-wrenching story told in haunting, lyrical prose. * Tatler *\u003cbr\u003eAn uplifting and achingly honest personal story about loss, trauma and grief. * Woman and Home *\u003cbr\u003eShocking and sexy, yet tragic and touching too. * Red magazine *\u003cbr\u003eSome events can't be mitigated; they can only be endured with grace and style, something Stroud certainly achieves, to judge from this marvellous book. * The Spectator *\u003cbr\u003eThere is so much richly evoked life here... beautifully written. -- Cathy Rentzenbrink * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eA startling and raw memoir, which has drawn comparisons to Cheryl Strayed's Wild... Brave, beautiful writing, which can't help but inspire us to find our own \"wild others\". * Red magazine *\u003cbr\u003eEnthralling * Country Life *\u003cbr\u003eSome books have the power to make you reconsider certainties, to reflect, alter and transform previous assumptions about love, sex, freedom, friendship, courage and death. Clover Stroud's memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Other\u003c\/i\u003e, is such a book * Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eStroud writes with considerable power, resonance and brutal honesty. \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Other\u003c\/i\u003e will enthral anyone with wanderlust. * Sunday Express *\u003cbr\u003eThis heartfelt account begins with a young girl lost in the hinterlands of grief, and ends with a woman coming to terms with the wildness within herself. * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003eA moving account of the tragic consequences of a horse-riding accident on a loving daughter. * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eA survivor's tale that is both redemptive and cathartic. * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eThis redemptive memoir will steal your heart; it will return it bruised but emboldened. * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eI have huge admiration for the spirit of this memoir, and its author: full of heart, bravery and adventure. A moving, gripping read. * Amy Liptrot, author of The Outrun *\u003cbr\u003eI can't recommend Clover Stroud's memoir The Wild Other enough. Stroud is a brilliant writer and has led a fascinating life. * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003eI loved this beautiful, passionate, troubled book, which gallops courageously over difficult terrain. At once a wrenching account of a tragedy and a love letter to the solace provided by horses, Stroud's clear-eyed look at how wildness and domesticity have entwined in her life is both heartening and inspiring. * Olivia Laing *\u003cbr\u003eLife-affirming, whip-smart, gripping, this book crackles with vitality and joy. From tragedy Clover Stroud has conjured sheer brilliance - what a story, what a woman, what a book. * Decca Aitkenhead *\u003cbr\u003eAn astonishing book about loss, love, darkness, pain, sex and adventure. I adore it. * Dolly Alderton *\u003cbr\u003eThis story - so fierce and brave and visceral and raw - will stay with me forever. Clover Stroud is a force of nature, and a woman who is fearless in the face of life and death. I loved it. * Elizabeth Gilbert author of Eat Pray Love *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739516907863,"sku":"9781473630246","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781473630246.jpg?v=1720052462","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-wild-other-9781473630246","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}