HERMIT: A MEMOIR OF FINDING FREEDOM IN A WILD PLACE (HB)

Lyrically written, this is an inspirational story of recovery, of finding home, and of celebrating solitude in the natural world. 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 and through conversations with other hermits across the world, she sheds light on the myriad - and often misunderstood - ways of living alone: from monks to hikikomori, and the largely ignored female hermit.