Hot Feet and Far Hills: Hitting the High Road - Softcover

Cannon, Judy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0646490761 ISBN 13: 9780646490762

Publisher: Tytherleigh Press, 2008

Synopsis

An Insightful Tribute to Wanderlust

As an Australian newspaper journalist, Judy Cannon reported on some of the world's most exotic and, often, volatile hot spots. Hot Feet and Far Hills collects the sights, smells, and revealing encounters that didn't make it into news stories. In 30 utterly engaging vignettes, she travels from Burma to Nepal, Pakistan to Peru, finding the haunting beauty that underlies these often troubled lands. Cannon's feet tramp the sleet of Darjeeling's January snowfalls, pedal the low hills of the Himalayas, tiptoe across the burning hot marble of Burmese pagodas. Through it all, she wrings profound meaning from the everyday whether the shrug of a Nepalese policeman or the Spartan hearth of a Pakistan kitchen, to discover truths about ourselves. Into this peripatetic narrative Cannon weaves the insightfulness of a Joan Didion with a profound empathy that's all her own.

PRAISE FOR JUDY CANNON
Judy Cannon's recollection of being a glint away from being knifed near Peshawar; or her soggy canoe exploits in Fiji; or her empathy with women fighting for human rights in Iran and Afghanistan, make every reader feel they are part of the scene.
- Ian Mathews AM, former editor-in-chief, The Canberra Times

About this title

Book Description

Brisbane-based Judy Cannon's personal collection collection of essays on tramping, trekking, pedalling and strolling about some of the world's most fascinating climes, from the emerald valleys of Nepal to the concrete canyons of central Tokyo. Here is a traveler who likes to keep striding, ever curious about the people and cultures she encounters.

From the Publisher

Outskirts Press (US) writes: `In 30 utterly engaging vignettes, she travels from Burma to Nepal, Pakistan to Peru, finding the haunting beauty that underlies these often troubled lands. Cannon's feet tramp the sleet of Darjeeling's January snowfalls, pedal the low hills of the Himalayas, tiptoe across the burning hot marble of Burmese pagodas. Through it all, she wrings profound meaning from the everyday whether the shrug of a Nepalese policeman or the Spartan hearth of a Pakistan kitchen -- to discover truths about ourselves. Into this peripatetic narrative Cannon weaves the insightfulness of a Joan Didion with a profound empathy that's all her own.'

Edition details

• Publisher: Tytherleigh Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0646490761
• ISBN 13: 9780646490762
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 208