Sara Sharpe, author of Liontooth: the story of a garden, goes back to the Greek island she first visited 24 years before, to begin reading the diaries of her travels in the Mediterranean world from 1977 to 1984.

 First Greece, then Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Egypt and Israel form the winding road she travelled on her own, driven on by internal demands that twenty years later she struggles to comprehend.

"A remarkable account of one woman's experience and adventures in the heartland of the Mediterranean and the Middle East." Mature Times

A traveller in the true sense of the word, Sara Sharpe’s solitary journey through wondrous lands is peopled by unforgettable characters and set against the most memorable landscapes.

“Poignant encounters and cultural observations that are particularly relevant to today's political situation.” Wanderlust, November 2006

“I’m nearly halfway through my heap of diaries and coming to the end of the Turkish section. A violent urge comes over me to jump island, go to Chios, take the ferry to Asia Minor and wander down the old route, from Çanakkale through Troy and Assos to Bergama and on south. To hell with this book." 

Details

• ISBN 1905636040
• Published November 2006
• Size: 162mm x 240mm hardback, sewn binding, embossed cover, dustjacket
• Pages: 304
• RRP: £17.99

• Rights

• World