Starting Out In the Afternoon
Book description
Jill Frayne’s long-term relationship was ending and her daughter was about to graduate and leave home. She decided to pack up her life and head for the Yukon.
Driving alone across the country from her home just north of Toronto, describing the land as it changes from Precambrian Shield to…
Why read it?
1 author picked Starting Out In the Afternoon as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Your marriage is over and your child is heading off to university. What to do? Why, you get in your car and drive nearly 6,000 km from Toronto to the Yukon. This lyrical, enchanting memoir of a mid-life journey tugs at the soul. What strikes me the most about it is the courage of its author to go it alone.
From Jane's list on memoirs that combine the inward and outward journey.
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