In Her Nature - How Women Break Boundaries in the Great Outdoors

''Heartfelt, passionate, infuriating and often devastating, this book will inspire you to fight for your right to tread your own path'' CAROLINE CRIADO PEREZ, author of Invisible Women When Rachel loses five family members in five months, grief magnifies other absences. Running across moors and mountains used to help her feel at home in her body but now feels fraught with danger. Rachel goes in search of a new family: the foremothers who blazed a trail at the dawn of outdoor sport. She discovers Lizzie Le Blond who scaled the Alps in woollen skirts and photographed fearless women climbing, skating and tobogganing at breakneck speeds. Telling Lizzie''s story alongside her own, Rachel runs her way from bereavement to belonging, inspired by the tenacious women, past and present, who insist that breaking boundaries outdoors is, and always has been, in her nature. ''A book of limitless curiosity and eloquent passion'' The Times

Product details

• Authors: Rachel Hewitt, Hewitt Rachel
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 18.04.2024
• EAN: 9781529920055
• ISBN: 978-1-5299-2005-5
• No. of pages: 528
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, HEALTH & FITNESS / Women's Health, SPORTS & RECREATION / Running & Jogging, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HEALTH & FITNESS / Healing, HISTORY / Women, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Death, Grief, Bereavement, Coping with death & bereavement, Women's health, history of sport, Women’s health, Active outdoor pursuits, Social and cultural history, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, National parks and nature reserves: general interest, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Nature Therapy, Coping with / advice about death and bereavement