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A memoir of finding freedom in a wild place
Narrator
Jade Angeles Fitton
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Length
8 hours 36 minutes
Language
English
Brought to you by Penguin.
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 the destructive 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.
Through conversations with other hermits across the world, Fitton sheds light on an extraordinary and misunderstood way of living which has survived into the 21st century - from monks, to hikikomori, and the often ignored female hermit.
Lyrically written, this is an inspirational story of recovery, of finding home and of celebration of solitude in the natural world.
©2023 Jade Angeles Fitton (P)2023 Penguin Audio
Jade Angeles Fitton is a writer, journalist, and award-winning producer. Her work has appeared in the likes of the Guardian, Independent, Vogue, Times Literary Supplement, New Statesman, Literary Review and the BBC. Her poetry has been published in a number of magazines including The Moth.
Jade Angeles Fitton is a writer, journalist, and award-winning producer. Her work has appeared in the likes of the Guardian, Independent, Vogue, Times Literary Supplement, New Statesman, Literary Review and the BBC. Her poetry has been published in a number of magazines including The Moth.
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A book of spellbinding brilliance by a writer of rare talent. A dreamy, beautiful book about the consolations of solitude. In Hermit, Jade wanders a sunlit, windswept, delicately drawn landscape of loss and longing, and in doing so finds the stillness at the centre of herself. Hopeful and open-hearted. This distinctive, alluring memoir, reminiscent of The Outrun by Amy Liptrot, relates how Fitton slowly learns to live alone and celebrate solitude in the natural world. A compelling, engrossing memoir that beautifully encapsulates the human experience (both the misery and the magic) of suddenly finding yourself rebuilding life from the ground up, alone. I loved it. Hermit is a beautiful written debut memoir drawing on the hermetic tradition that shows the power of being alone. Expand reviewsBlack Bird Tea and Tales is proud to partner with Libro.fm to give you a great audiobook experience.