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Informationen zum Autor Rosie Swale Pope took up marathon running when she was 48 and has run across Cuba and Romania and even done the gruelling Marathon des Sables in the Sahara. Rosie’s run around the world to raise money in memory of her husband was followed on her blog www.rosiearoundtheworld.co.uk. When she is not running, Rosie lives in Tenby, Wales. In 2009 she was awarded an MBE for bravery and services to charity. Klappentext After the death of her husband through cancer, Rosie set off on a charity run to raise money; a run that ended up being 20,000 miles long. Her 5 year journey included 29 marriage proposals, being chased by a naked man wielding a gun, 53 pairs of shoes, being confronted by bears and digging herself out of snow at -62 degrees celsius. There will be massive media interest upon publication, and she is already planning her next run: across the Bering Straits. Zusammenfassung After her husband died of cancer! 57-year-old Rosie set off to run around the world! raising money in memory of the man she loved. Followed by wolves! knocked down by a bus! confronted by bears! chased by a naked man with a gun and stranded with severe frostbite! Rosie's breathtaking 20!000-mile solo journey is as gripping as it is inspiring.
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'Somewhere between Jilly Cooper and Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Rosie Swale-Pope is an archetypal British survivor, the sort of woman to break both legs, think, "Bugger this", and carry on marching.' Sunday Times
