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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
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Windswept: Walking the Paths of Trailblazing Women

Windswept: Walking the Paths of Trailblazing Women

Abbs-Streets, Annabel

Paperback

Biographies GeneralLiterary Figures

Publisher Price: $17.95

ISBN10: 1963108132
ISBN13: 9781963108132
Publisher: Tin House Books
Published: Feb 18 2025
Pages: 384
Weight: 0.85
Height: 1.30 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
Annabel Abbs-Streets's Windswept: Walking the Paths of Trailblazing Women is a beautifully written meditation on connecting with the outdoors through the simple act of walking. In captivating and elegant prose, Abbs-Streets's follows in the footsteps of women who boldly reclaimed wild landscapes for themselves, including Georgia O'Keeffe in the empty plains of Texas and New Mexico, Nan Shepherd in the mountains of Scotland, Gwen John following the French River Garonne, Daphne du Maurier along the River Rhône, and Simone de Beauvoir?who walked as much as twenty-five miles a day in a dress and espadrilles?through the mountains and forests of France.

Part historical inquiry and part memoir, the stories of these writers and artists are laced together by moments in her own life, beginning with her poet father who raised her in the Welsh countryside as an experiment, according to the principles of Rousseau. Abbs-Streets's explores a forgotten legacy of moving on foot and discovers how it has helped women throughout history to find their voices, to reimagine their lives, and to break free from convention.

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