In the tradition of Wild and Tracks, one womans story of how she left the city and found her soul. Disillusioned and burnt out by her job, Claire Dunn quits a comfortable life to spend a year off the grid in a wilderness survival program. Her new forest home swings between ally and enemy as reality and the rain sets in. Claires adventure unfolds over four seasons and in the essential order of survival shelter, water, fire and food. She arrives in summer, buoyant with idealism, and is initially confronted with physical challenges building a shelter, escaping the vicious insects and making fire without matches. By winter, however, her emotional landscape has become the toughest terrain of all. Can she connect with her inner spirit to guide her journey onwards? Brimming with earthy charm and hardwon wisdom, My Year Without Matches is one womans quest for belonging, to the land and to herself. When Claire finally cracks life in the bush wide open, she discovers a wild heart to warm the coldest night. "A brave and adventurous book ... Claires writing is full of life and profound surprises." Anne Deveson "An entertaining look at how Dunn survived for four seasons in a hundred acres of baking scrubland" Sun Herald "With earthy, expressive honesty she shares her struggles [and] the swooping highs of crafting life out of a block of unforgiving scrub... by sharing such an intimate journey, Claire has given us all a gift." WellBeing Magazine

Binding: Paperback;298 pages; Publisher: Black Inc.; Classification: N/A; Weight: 515.53 g; Dimensions: N/A

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