A Trip of One's Own

If Joan Didion Was Right, And We Do Tell Ourselves Stories In Order To Live, Then A Travel Story Is The Best Story Of Them All. And I Had Form For Escaping In Stories... Kate Wills Wasn't Expecting To Be Divorced After Less Than A Year Of Marriage. She Hadn't Anticipated Restarting A Life That Had, For The Last 12 Years With Her Partner, Seemed So Stable. Luckily, Her Job As A Travel Journalist Offered Her The Perfect Opportunity To Escape From It All. But This Time, Her Jet-setting Felt Different. Kate Felt More Alone, Particularly Against A Backdrop Of Never-ending Hen Dos, Weddings And Baby Showers. So She Began To Search History For Female Travellers To Inspire Her. From A 4th-century Nun To A Globe-girdling Cyclist, Kate Discovers That Throughout History, There Have Been Astonishing Women Who've Broken Free From More Burdensome Expectations, Clearing The Path For Us To Do The Same. A Trip Of One's Own Is A Funny And Heartfelt Invitation To Take That Trip: To Paris, To Whitstable, And Maybe Down That Street You've Always Wondered About.