{"product_id":"travelling-with-ghosts-9781474605984","title":"Travelling with Ghosts","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A cross between H is for Hawk and Wild' (STYLIST), TRAVELING WITH GHOSTS is a beautiful memorial to a great love and a brave survival guide to coming to terms with loss.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA heartbreaking story about the randomness of tragedy told with great courage and tenacity\u003c\/b\u003e -- Ruth Ozeki, author of A Tale for Time Being\u003cbr\u003eLike Cheryl Strayed's \u003ci\u003eWild\u003c\/i\u003e, Fowler makes us feel that a hero's journey is our only hope for surviving grief. \u003ci\u003eTraveling with Ghosts \u003c\/i\u003eis \u003cb\u003ea brave and necessary record of love, as beautiful as it is heart-breaking\u003c\/b\u003e -- Ann Patchett, author of Bel Canto and State of Wonder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA cross between \u003ci\u003eH is for Hawk \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWild\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003c\/b\u003e this \u003cb\u003ebeautifully written\u003c\/b\u003e tale follows Fowler's travels through Eastern Europe after her fiance was killed by a jellyfish * Stylist *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003erich and absorbing\u003c\/b\u003e memoir that shows the reader what it feels like to lose your future in a matter of seconds in a faraway land . . . Shannon learns to travel on, to get back in the ocean and to build a new life -- Cathy Rentzenbrink * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGloriously rendered, beautifully written, but utterly devastating\u003c\/b\u003e ... an \u003cb\u003eintimate and inspiring\u003c\/b\u003e experience . . . \u003cb\u003ebalm to the soul\u003c\/b\u003e, as well as being a necessary witness account of the blackest depths of grief -- Viv Groskop * Observer *\u003cbr\u003e[A] courageous memoir of love and loss... compelling. -- Caroline Sanderson * S Magazine, Sunday Express *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA searing memoir \u003c\/b\u003e[that] celebrates a life cut short, a love never given a chance to grow, and a process of recovery bravely illustrating that while life after tragedy goes on, the chilly fingers of grief touch us in a way that mark us forever -- Elizabeth George, author of the Inspector Lynley Mysteries\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003ecourageous and finely crafted\u003c\/b\u003e account soaked in tears of love and loss * Kirkus *\u003cbr\u003eFowler has turned her \u003cb\u003edevastating, beautiful, honest,\u003c\/b\u003e and personal story into something universal. Akin to Cheryl Strayed's \u003ci\u003eWild\u003c\/i\u003e, her book will appeal to globetrotters and readers of hopeful stories chronicling grief and recovery * Booklist (starred review) *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeartbreaking but beautiful,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eTraveling With Ghosts \u003c\/i\u003eis  the story of Shannon Leone Fowler's travels around the world after her  fiancé's unexpected death. She brings us along as she drifts from one  place to the next, weaving in memories from their time together as well.  As much as this is a tale of grief and loss, it's one of love, too. * Bustle *\u003cbr\u003eA moving account ... This is a nicely written and informative journey on the path to healing * Publisher's Weekly *\u003cbr\u003e[Fowler's] various journeys - through grief, through areas of the  world few experience, and through memories of adventures that made her  who she was and Sean who he was -- are \u003cb\u003emovingly and honestly told\u003c\/b\u003e . . . Her story -- rich,  unblinking and adroitly told -- is \u003cb\u003eone of strength, of getting past but  not getting over.\u003c\/b\u003e Few would choose the approach Fowler took to  kick-start healing. But hers is a thought-provoking journey that she  generously shares -- Sharon Peters * USA Today *\u003cbr\u003e[Fowler] is a writer who is a wonder at conveying pain amid a rush of emotions. She is a wise writer, too, understanding the nature of danger, confronting it, which can sometimes leave one person unscathed and another destroyed . . . \u003cb\u003e[Fowler] epitomizes Ernest Hemingway's classic definition of courage: grace under pressure\u003c\/b\u003e * Washington Times *\u003cbr\u003e[An] intensely personal and appealing memoir . . . Bring along a world map, \u003cb\u003eset aside everything you know about healing from heartbreaking loss, and have yourself an unforgettable read\u003c\/b\u003e * BookPage *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003ecompelling and poignant\u003c\/b\u003e book about love, grief, and recover\u003ci\u003ey\u003c\/i\u003e * Largehearted Boy *\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a heartbreaker, but so beautiful, both haunted and haunting. I've never read anything quite like it * Musing, Parnassus Books *\u003cbr\u003eWell-written, moving and at times intensely dark * IRISH TIMES *\u003cbr\u003eFowler's extraordinary rendering of her fiance's sudden death is both \u003cb\u003efearless and intimate\u003c\/b\u003e, shot through with the kind of honesty that makes you wonder at the world: its unexpected venom and incipient beauty. -- Elisa Lodato, author of An Unremarkable Body and The Necessary Marriage\u003cbr\u003eBilled as a cross between Cheryl Strayed's WILD and Helen Macdonald's H IS FOR HAWK, this is a moving account of grief * i *","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48885794341207,"sku":"9781474605984","price":7.64,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/travelling-with-ghosts-9781474605984","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}