The crossing : a memoir of love, adventure and finding your own path
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Palisades Free Library - New Adult Biography | B Matterson | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Adventure and adventurers -- Australia -- Biography.
Australia -- Description and travel.
Autobiographies
Cameleers -- Australia -- Biography.
Camels -- Australia.
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Australia.
Matterson, Sophie -- Travel -- Australia.
Matterson, Sophie.
Resilience (Personality trait)
Self-actualization (Psychology)
Self-reliant living.
Walking -- Australia.
Australia -- Description and travel.
Autobiographies
Cameleers -- Australia -- Biography.
Camels -- Australia.
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Australia.
Matterson, Sophie -- Travel -- Australia.
Matterson, Sophie.
Resilience (Personality trait)
Self-actualization (Psychology)
Self-reliant living.
Walking -- Australia.
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Published
Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2023.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xii, 320 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Description
In 2020, at the age of thirty-one, Sophie Matterson set out to walk her five camels from Shark Bay in Western Australia to Byron Bay on the east coast. At a time when most of her friends were getting engaged or starting families, Sophie longed for adventure, independence and purpose. She broke up with her long-term boyfriend, packed all her belongings into saddlebags and trained her wild camels to follow her lead. Her thirteen-month solo crossing was the ultimate test of resilience and self-sufficiency - with each state in various forms of lockdowns, Sophie would often walk for weeks without seeing another soul. She crossed harsh, remote deserts, navigated treacherously beautiful salt lakes, and visited country towns and isolated cattle stations. Along the way she survived life-and-death situations, fell in love in the middle of the Outback, and slowly began to trust herself and her own abilities.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Matterson, S. (2023). The crossing: a memoir of love, adventure and finding your own path . Allen & Unwin.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Matterson, Sophie. 2023. The Crossing: A Memoir of Love, Adventure and Finding Your Own Path. Allen & Unwin.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Matterson, Sophie. The Crossing: A Memoir of Love, Adventure and Finding Your Own Path Allen & Unwin, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Matterson, Sophie. The Crossing: A Memoir of Love, Adventure and Finding Your Own Path Allen & Unwin, 2023.
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