A Trip of Ones Own, Kate Wills
A Trip of Ones Own, Kate Wills
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A Trip of One's Own
Hope, Heartbreak, and Why Traveling Solo Could Change Your Life

Author: Kate Wills

Narrator: Marisa Calin

Unabridged: 6 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/02/2022

Synopsis

A travel story is the best story of them all …Travel journalist Kate Wills wasn’t expecting to be divorced after less than a year of marriage, or to be forced to restart a life that had seemed so stable for so long. Luckily, her job as a writer offered her the perfect opportunity to escape from it all. But this time, with no deadlines to hit or all-expenses-paid trips to absorb in a few days before churning out copy for a travel magazine, her jet-setting felt different. There were no photographers working alongside her or assistants booking her flights. For the first time ever, Kate was traveling alone.Feeling unexpectedly out of her element, Kate began to scour history for stories of female travelers to inspire her. From a fourth-century nun to a globe-circling cyclist, Kate discovered that there have always been astonishing women who have broken free from society’s expectations, clearing the path for many of us to do the same.Funny, heartfelt, and guaranteed to spark wanderlust, A Trip of One’s Own is the perfect armchair travel read to inspire you to jump in the car or hop on a plane to explore the world. This audiobook is the must-have next listen for any aspiring solo female traveler!

About Kate Wills

Kate Wills is a freelance travel and features writer for The Guardian, the Evening Standard, The Times, Vogue, The Telegraph, STYLIST, Grazia, Marie Claire, SUITCASE, and more. A versatile and wide-ranging journalist, her work incorporates everything from celebrity interviews to first-person reportage. She’s been injected with vitamins, made a hat out of a dead pigeon, and pretended to be a pop star. All in the name of research. Mainly.

About Marisa Calin

Marisa Calin is an actress, novelist, and multiple Earphones Award–winning narrator born in England and educated in New York at the American Academy of the Dramatic Arts. An artist with a flair for everything literary, she has written a young adult novel, You & Me, which received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sheena on February 14, 2023

this only took me like 2 years to read but i did it :) ----- imma set this aside, not sure if i'll come back to it - stopped around 60% but just not in the mood for non fiction/memoirs lol......more

Goodreads review by Literary on May 04, 2022

When the author, a travel journalist, shares about her own solo trips, I really enjoyed this book. Alas, she writes more about women who traveled alone in years, decades or centuries past. She also spends a lot of time writing about her divorce experience; not the focus I'd hoped for. I had wanted t......more

Goodreads review by Katie on February 02, 2022

I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. I was excited to start A Trip of One's Own. I did quite a bit of solo travel in my mid-twenties, so I hoped this book would suit my interests. Unfortunately, I got the sense that this book never quite hits its stride. The......more

Goodreads review by Andrea on January 08, 2022

A Trip of One's Own by Kate Wills promises to spark wanderlust, and I am here to tell you that it more than delivers on this guarantee. If, like me, you have been longing to experience the kind of high that only travel and adventure can provide, then look no further than this gem of a memoir. Travel......more

Goodreads review by Janilyn on April 13, 2022

I have always been seduced by travel. I do a ton of reading of travelogues while comparing them to my travels. Wills is a globetrotter and I have been to a few of the places she has visited. She interspersed her experiences with single intrepid women who also visited those same areas. She also inclu......more

Quotes

“Captivating, compelling, and beautifully written, Kate Wills’s powerful memoir explores the notion of truly being free and embracing the world by dissecting her own life-changing events along with true stories of revolutionary women travelers from the past who said ‘hell, no!’ to the status quo. A Trip of One’s Own will surely spark wanderlust in all of our hearts—through adventures in foreign lands, in our own neighborhoods, or, more importantly, within ourselves.” Samantha Vérant, author of Seven Letters from Paris

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