A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST SUMMER TRAVEL BOOK OF 2024Good Housekeeping recommended 20 uplifting memoirs by remarkable women June 2024Wanderlust magazine best travel books of 2024Absorbing moving impressive GuardianDiscover the incredible story of one womans solo journey from Lands End to the shores of Greece exploring the unexpected joy of solitude selfdiscovery and resilienceIts hard to read The Half Bird without wondering whether you could do it too. It may be better to start by pondering Smillies wider message that to work out what will truly make you happy you first need to stop and smell the air around you GuardianWe have no idea how much resilience there is inside us until we have to draw on it. We learn that we grow through adversity only as we go through it.