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Lilly, a senior lady, would never have dreamt of doing the Camino de Santiago. Yet, one day, she just took off and started this arduous pilgrimage, walking 800 km all alone through the north of Spain. Lilly's handicaps, as a result of previous brain surgery, made traveling on her own sometimes hazardous.
On these pages, she draws the reader into the beautiful, peaceful, and happy pilgrim world, relating some of the incredible stories she heard. She listens to Stuart when he talks about the agonizing search for his younger brother at Ground Zero, and to Alexander from Peru, who had twenty siblings, all by the same mother. We hear about the lady who was struggling to get away from an abusive, narcissistic partner.
At an almost hidden level, this story lifts a few veils off Lilly's own marriage. We also get to know David, who saved Lilly's life during a night of thunderstorms, which was, by the way, not the first time her life was in danger. David returns in quite an unexpected manner in the last few pages of these Camino tales, adding more magic to an exceptional journey.
About the author
Lilly de Holanda was born in Holland in 1953, where she spent the first 18 years of her life. After having worked in London for a year, she settled in Italy, got married and raised three children. In the early nineties, she went to Turin University, where she got her degree in English language and literature. In 2016, Lilly got interested in the pilgrimage to Santiago, and after having walked the Camino Frances for 800 km, she started writing her book.
