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Title:
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Crossing (2023), The |
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Authors:
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Matterson, Sophie |
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Genre:
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Non Fiction |
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Pages:
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328 |
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Year:
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2023 |
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Language:
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English |
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Description:
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In 2020, at the age of thirty-one, Sophie Matterson set out to walk her five camels from Shark Bay in Western Australia to Byron Bay on the east coast. At a time when most of her friends were getting engaged or starting families, Sophie longed for adventure, independence and purpose. She broke up with her long-term boyfriend, packed all her belongings into saddlebags and trained her wild camels to follow her lead.
Her thirteen-month solo crossing was the ultimate test of resilience and self-sufficiency – with each state in various forms of lockdowns, Sophie would often walk for weeks without seeing another soul. She crossed harsh, remote deserts, navigated treacherously beautiful salt lakes, and visited country towns and isolated cattle stations. Along the way she survived life-and-death situations, fell in love in the middle of the Outback, and slowly began to trust herself and her own abilities. Taken from book blurb.
Comments from BDS Reviewers:"I found this book to be a fantastic read. It had a very easy style of writing, and for me, the inclusion of some well placed profanity made the read so much more relatable."
"A captivating journey which is an easy read and full of exciting adventures combined with reflective passages as the author learns more about herself and her capabilities."
"Interesting to read the stories of people she met and places she travelled through, while gaining confidence and resilience along the way."
"It was a truly harrowing adventure which took a lot of courage and perseverance to see through."
"This would be one of the best biography type reads I have had the opportunity to read."
"The photographs included were spectacular, and absolutely brought many scenes described within the book to life."
"The honesty of the writer's feelings at times was truly humbling."
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Categories:
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Non-fiction, Adventure/Exploration, Australia, Just Added, 2027 Titles, New Adult |
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