Unfinished Woman
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Unfinished Woman
Narrated by:
Kerry Fox
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Narrated by:
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Kerry Fox
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Robyn Davidson
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ABIA 2024
SELECTED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN AUSTRALIA
'The zigzagging life of an adventurer' THE TIMES
'An astonishing, wonderful memoir of an extraordinary life' HENRY MARSH, author of Do No Harm
'Exciting and complex, full of insight and humour' SPECTATOR
‘Enthralling, miraculous, clear as the brilliant constellations of the night sky’ SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
An unforgettable memoir from the author of the sensational international bestseller Tracks: the story of a mother and daughter, of love, loss and the pursuit of freedom
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In 1977, twenty-seven-year-old Robyn Davidson set off with a dog and four camels to cross 1,700 miles of Australian desert to the sea.
A life of almost constant travelling followed. From the deserts of Australia, to Sydney’s underworld; from Sixties street life, to the London literary scene; from migrating with nomads in Tibet, to ‘marrying’ an Indian prince, Davidson’s quest was motivated by an unquenchable curiosity about other ways of seeing and understanding the world.
Davidson threw bombs over her shoulder and seeds into her future on the assumption that something would be growing when she got there. The only terrain she had no interest in exploring was the past.
In Unfinished Woman Davidson turns at last to explore that long avoided country. Through this brave and revealing memoir, she delves into her childhood and youth to uncover the forces that set her on her path, and confront the cataclysm of her early loss.
Unfinished Woman is an unforgettable investigation of time and memory, and a powerful interrogation of how we can live with and find beauty in the uncertainty and strangeness of being.
'In her twenties, Davidson trekked 1,700 miles through the Australian wilderness. This led to the bestselling book Tracks and global fame. Half a century later she has written about what motivated her – including the tragic early death of her mother' Simon Hattenstone, GUARDIAN
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Critic reviews
An astonishing, wonderful memoir of an extraordinary life (HENRY MARSH, author of Do No Harm)
In a memoir that’s as evocative and restless as its author – flitting from Doris Lessing’s abode in London to the Indian home of her Rajasthani prince “companion” – Davidson interrogates what family, freedom and home mean when you never truly belong anywhere
A triumph
An extraordinary memoir … An enthralling, miraculous story, clear as the brilliant constellations of the night sky
The zigzagging life of an adventurer ... A fine and observant descriptive writer
Lyrical and beautifully textured ... The book’s multi-layered structure allows disparate recollections to interrupt the chronological narrative in evocative ways, and its title suggests an unfinished symphony, with music and the act of writing serving as central motifs ... The strength of Unfinished Woman is its honesty about Robyn Davidson’s difficult emotional and creative journey, and it is propelled by her unsparing self-awareness and willingness to confront her past'
In her twenties, Davidson trekked 1,700 miles through the Australian wilderness. This led to the bestselling book Tracks and global fame. Half a century later she has written about what motivated her – including the tragic early death of her mother (Simon Hattenstone)
Davidson captures an exciting and complex life with insight and humour ... Davidson’s life has been full of adventures, encounters, love affairs and losses. She pulls them apart, examines them and lays them before us so as to question what sort of life we are living
This is a beautiful story about finding a home wherever you go and understanding your own narrative
Immersive and profound, Robyn Davidson’s Unfinished Woman is a portal to understanding a daughter’s grief. "We take our mothers into us; that is where they live," she writes. So much of her mother’s life may remain unknown, but through memoir, Davidson completes what she considers an impossible task: crafting a moving portrait of her mother. This book will stay with me (JEANNIE VANASCO, author of The Glass Eye)
Stunning. Robyn Davidson lives and writes with an explorer’s courage, but this book is more than an adventure story. Unfinished Woman is an unfiltered glimpse into the fierce pursuit of freedom and connection, woven with a mother-daughter bond untouchable by time (KENDRA ATLEEWORK, author of Miracle Country)
A powerful memoir, and an unforgettable read (RYAN MURDOCK)
Searching, captivating and miraculously honest. Davidson has a voice we want to travel with, and to know (LISA BRENNAN-JOBS, New York Times bestselling author of Small Fry)
Praise for Tracks: This will rank among the best of the books of exploration and travel and, like them, is a record of self-discovery and self-proving (DORIS LESSING)
Beautiful
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