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Skybound - A Journey In Flight (Paperback) Loot Price: R419
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Skybound - A Journey In Flight (Paperback): Rebecca Loncraine

Skybound - A Journey In Flight (Paperback)

Rebecca Loncraine

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'A soaring gift of a book' Owen Sheers 'Remarkable' Mark Vanhoenacker, author of Skyfaring 'Stunning . . . a love letter to nature' Cathy Rentzenbrink, author of The Last Act of Love The day she flew in a glider for the first time, Rebecca Loncraine fell in love. Months of gruelling treatment for breast cancer meant she had lost touch with the world around her, but in that engineless plane, soaring 3,000 feet over the landscape of her childhood, with only the rising thermals to take her higher and the birds to lead the way, she felt ready to face life again. And so Rebecca flew, travelling from her home in the Black Mountains of Wales to New Zealand's Southern Alps and the Nepalese Himalayas as she chased her new-found passion: her need to soar with the birds, to push herself to the boundary of her own fear. Taking in the history of unpowered flight, and with extraordinary descriptions of flying in some of the world's most dangerous and dramatic locations, Skybound is a nature memoir with a unique perspective; it is about the land we know and the sky we know so little of, it is about memory and self-discovery. Rebecca became ill again just as she was finishing Skybound, and she died in September 2016. Though her death is tragic, it does not change what Skybound is: a book full of hope. Deeply moving, thrilling and euphoric, Skybound is for anyone who has ever looked up and longed to take flight. Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award 2018.

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Imprint: Picador
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: April 2018
Authors: Rebecca Loncraine
Dimensions: 234 x 153 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 978-1-4472-7388-2
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General
Books > Sport & Leisure > Transport: general interest > Aircraft: general interest
Books > Sport & Leisure > Natural history, country life & pets > Wild animals > Birds & birdwatching
Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel writing > General
Books > Biography > General
Books > Travel > Travel writing > General
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LSN: 1-4472-7388-5
Barcode: 9781447273882

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