Win a Copy of Windswept by Annabel Abbs
To celebrate the launch of The Jaunters Book Club, we’re giving away a copy of our July Pick, the wonderful Windswept: Walking in the footsteps of remarkable women by Annabel Abbs.
Written as part memoir & part biography, we hear the stories of six remarkable women, whilst also learning more about the author & her walking journey. We walk the banks of France's River Garonne with Abbs & trek over the Alps with Frieda Lawrence née von Richthofen.
To enter, follow these simple steps:
Follow @gojauntly on Instagram
Tag a woman you know who walks in the comments
That’s it! See below for full terms and conditions. Good luck! Closing date will be 11:59pm 31st July 2021.
More about Windswept
This is the story of extraordinary women who lost their way - their sense of self, their identity, their freedom - and found it again through walking in the wild. For centuries, the wilds have been male territory, while women sat safely confined at home. But not all women did as they were told, despite the dangers; history is littered with women for whom rural walking became inspiration, consolation and liberation.
Part wild-walk, part memoir, Windswept follows an exhilarating journey from Abbs' isolated car-less childhood to her walking the remote paths trodden by extraordinary women including Georgia O'Keeffe in the empty plains of Texas and New Mexico, Nan Shepherd in the mountains of Scotland, Gwen John following the Garonne, Simone de Beauvoir in the mountains and forests of France and Daphne du Maurier following the River Rhone.
In this powerful and deeply inspiring book, Annabel Abbs uncovers women who refused to conform, who recognised a biological, emotional and artistic need for wilderness, water and desert - and who took the courageous step of walking unpeopled and often forbidding landscapes.
A single question pulses through their walks: How does a woman change once she becomes windswept?
Competition Terms and Conditions
You must be in the UK to enter this competition and you must meet the entirety of the entry requirements: follow @gojauntly on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook and share the competition post on one of the three social media platforms.
Competition will run between 17th and 31st July 2021. Entries after 11:59pm on the 31st July 2021 will not be considered.
There is one copy of Windswept by Annabel Abbs give away.
All eligible entries will be considered. The winners will be selected from Instagram and will be chosen using an online randomiser.
We will direct message the account holder on the social media platform of entry (Instagram) to ask them for their email address and postal address.
We will make 3 attempts to contact the winner over a period of 3 days on direct message.
If we get no response from the winner we will choose another randomly generated name from the eligible contestants 4 days after the closing date (31st July 2021).