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Sian Preece

Gaynor Macfarlane

Book of the Week: Doubling Back: In his Footsteps

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In his Footsteps

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A beautiful and moving memoir in which the author walks in the footsteps of others.

Linda Cracknell bravely retraces the Alpine ascent made in 1952 by the father she barely knew.

A beautiful and moving memoir where the author retraces walks undertaken by others, from the Highlands of Scotland to the Swiss Alps and Kenya.

In 1952 Linda Cracknell’s father embarked on a hike through the Swiss Alps. Fifty years later Linda retraces that fateful journey, following the trail of the man she barely knew.

This collection of walking tales takes its theme from that pilgrimage. The walks trace the contours of history, following writers, relations and retreading ways across mountains, valleys and coasts formerly trodden by drovers, saints and adventurers. Each walk is about the reaffirming of memories, beliefs and emotions, and especially of the connection that one can have with the past through particular places. 


Part Three: In His Footsteps 
Today, Linda bravely retraces the Alpine ascent made by her father in 1952 and in doing so discovers some truths about the past and about her relationship with her lost father. 


Reader ..... Teresa Gallagher

Writer ..... Linda Cracknell

Abridger ..... Siân Preece

Producer ..... Gaynor Macfarlane

Book of the Week: Doubling Back

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By Linda Cracknell. Moving memoir in which the author walks in the footsteps of others.

By Linda Cracknell. Moving memoir in which the author walks in the footsteps of others. Abridged by Sian Preece. Read by Teresa Gallagher.

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