La mochilera : the backpacker (someone who roams freely)

MacLean, Jenny2019

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When a debilitating stroke left her father paralysed from the neck down, twelve-year-old Jenny realised two things: life is short and movement is a gift. Twelve years later, she makes a snap decision to trade her stagnant nine-to-five subsistence for the freedom of the open road. Adventures through Africa, Australia, and the Americas eventually lead to Europe, where two months in Spain, a whirlwind tour of Portugal and three weeks in Italy are skilfully crafted into a quirky and candid narrative, infused with snippets of the local language and Jenny's unique brand of observational humour. Inspired by a tragedy that changed the course of her life, Jenny's first book is a funny, spirited and profound work of memoir that tackles everything from machismo and mental health to the consequences of straying from the confines of social convention.