Wild Year - A Story of Homelessness, Perseverance and Hope

Bradford-on-Avon

About the author

Jen Benson has a passion for wild places and sustainable adventures. A lifelong runner, she is a writer, photographer and part-time PhD researcher exploring the philosophy of running. Jen and her husband Sim live in Wiltshire with their two young children. They have co-written several books including Wild Running, Short Walks in Beautiful Places, Amazing Family Adventures and 100 Great Walks with Kids. Jen writes regularly for the national press. Twitter/Instagram @jenandsim  

Summary

This book tells the uplifting true story of a family who left their old life behind to spend a year living wild in a tent around Britain.

With a baby and a toddler, mounting debt, work demands and stress trampling over their desire to spend time together as a family in nature, Jen and Sim Benson move out of their rented accommodation, sell up their possessions and decide to live in a tent for a year as nomads around rural Britain.

This is the story of that year – the highs and the lows – the doubts, epiphanies and the weather.

Detailing one family's search for a life in the wild, away from the screens and stresses of modern life, this captivating memoir is a must read for nature lovers or anyone who has dreamed of a life outdoors.

It’s nature writ large with the joys and challenges of each season experienced under canvas, a story of ultimate freedom in the beautiful landscapes of Britain.

Product details

• Authors: Jen Benson, Benson Jen, JEN BENSON
• Publisher: Aurum Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9780711267305
• ISBN: 978-0-7112-6730-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Guides > Nature > Garden; Memoirs, SPORTS & RECREATION / Camping, NATURE / Weather, The countryside, country life: general interest, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Alternative lifestyles, Green lifestyle & self-sufficiency, The countryside, country life, Social groups: alternative lifestyles, Self-sufficiency and ‘green’ lifestyle, c 2010 to c 2020, c 2010 to c 2019, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs