Word for Woman is Wilderness

''Refreshing and funny and unlike anything else. I feel as if I''ve been waiting for this book for a long time'' Daisy Johnson, Booker Prize shortlisted author of Everything UnderNineteen-year-old Erin has never been this far from home. From the Midlands to Iceland, Greenland, Newfoundland, on across the entire breadth of the American continent ... as Erin''s one-woman odyssey leads her towards a lonely cabin in the wilds of Alaska, she charts the changing landscapes of her own mind - and reimagines not just a woman''s place in society, but humanity''s place on planet Earth.Filled with a sense of hope and wonder, The Word for Woman is Wilderness is a funny, frank and tender account of a young woman in uncharted territory.''A thinking woman''s adventure story ... beautiful, thoughtful, and often humorous'' Lucy Scholes, The National