Hermit : a memoir of finding freedom in a wild place
Fitton, Jade Angeles2024
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When Jade's partner leaves the barn that they moved into just weeks before, he leaves a dent in the wall and her life unravelled. Numbed from years in a destructive, abusive relationship, she faces an uncertain future and complete solitude. Slowly, with the help of Devon's salted cliffs and damp forested footpaths, Jade comes back to life and discovers the power of being alone. As Jade reacclimatizes, she considers what it means to live alone. Through conversations with other hermits across the world, Fitton sheds light on the myriad - and often misunderstood - ways of living alone: from monks to hikikomori, and the largely ignored female hermit. Jade questions whether hermitic living is possible in an era of constant communication and increased housing costs as she finds herself financially unstable and itinerant.
Main title:
Hermit : a memoir of finding freedom in a wild place / Jade Angeles Fitton.
Author:
Fitton, Jade Angeles, author
Imprint:
London : Penguin Books, 2024.
Collation:
304 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781804940525 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
942.35086920920 FIT942.35086092942.35 FITTB FIT
Language:
English
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BRN:
2411155