"Emulating The Odyssey, this magical memoir shares the author’s transformative island journey through heartbreak to healing."
A lyrical blend of memoir and literary travelogue, Laura Coffey’s Enchanted Islands recounts the author’s voyage of self-discovery around myth-infused Mediterranean islands in the wake of heartbreak, after becoming immersed in a new translation of The Odyssey.
While Coffey’s journey “started with a boy, like it always does”, it’s quick to become, and lead to, so much more. First there’s news of her father’s illness, and the need to heal herself, alongside an ever-present compulsion to find the meaning of home, and to feel at home. And so, an ordinary holiday turns out to be anything but that, as Coffey extends a short trip into a six-month exploration of several magical Mediterranean islands — from Sicily and Croatia’s Korčula, to Menorca — all the while relishing the restorative power of natural landscapes that shaped epic myths, and birthed epic heroes and heroines.
Beautifully bittersweet as it balances personal experiences with sweeping, big-picture mythological scope, and intertwines raw realities with poetry and legend, Enchanted Islands is, fittingly, an enchanting memoir of love, loss and finding new directions through tumultuous seas.
A real-life journey through the fantastical world of The Odyssey
A real-life journey through the fantastical world of The OdysseyIt started with a boy, of course. Seeking solace from the pain of heartbreak and her father's illness, Laura Coffey embarks on what was meant to be a simple holiday.
Enchanted Islands features in the following genres: Debut Books of the Month, Debuts, Biographies & Autobiographies, Health & Fitness, Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure, Travel, Memoirs, Ancient Greek religion and mythology, Coping with / advice about death and bereavement, Travel writing, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Memoirs, Philosophy and Religion, Religion and beliefs, Ancient religions and Mythologies, Ancient Greek religion and mythology, Family and health, Coping with / advice about personal, social and health topics, Coping with / advice about death and bereavement, Travel writing
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Enchanted Islands was written by Laura Coffey and published by Summersdale
Enchanted Islands has 281 pages
£9.89, reduced from £10.99. In Stock.
