Sackcloth and Ashes
Book Details
Author(s)Kate Kenworthy
Publishergoodwaystofall.com
ISBN / ASINB0072X2D6M
ISBN-13978B0072X2D65
Sales Rank2,906,959
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
The death of a close friend as a result of a drunken incident, an arbitrary road accident, propels Evie from London to Cornwall in an attempt to escape her grief and her life. As she takes this journey she begins to learn truths that help her move forward. Even as she runs away from her loss she cannot help but be found by it. It is a story about female friendship and a young woman's search for meaning.
Reviews -
'I am reading your book it's so good I am totally hooked. I am really enjoying it. It is so nicely written, I have got quite lost in it. I split the novel in two parts so I can take it on the tube with me! Evie is such an interesting character, how awful she was to Bella who is so utterly sweet. I'm intrigued to see if she finds herself on her journey of self discovery.'
'I'm reading the book and loving it. I like the way Evie’s not stuck up. I like the way she's flawed. I love Dawn and the time Evie spends in the woods.'
'I am Evie.'
'Reading this inspired me to write.'
How can we live a meaningful and authentic life in such a complex world?
This novel is about one young woman's search for purpose and redemption. It is about facing up to the past in order to be fully in the present and it's about memory - what we choose to remember and what we choose to forget. It is about self destructive habits. Human beings have always struggled with an attempt to live life well. It is why Evie takes a battered copy of Siddhartha by Herman Hesse as her companion. His search for enlightenment echoes her own. It is also why she reads poetry, Robert Frost, Sylvia Plath and Edna St Vincent Millay. Working in Fashion she has been immersed in consumer culture but now she wants a simpler life, she wants to reduce things down to their essence. She's haunted by the mementos she will leave behind. What will be the scrapbook of her life? Lost, desperate and lonely she goes on a journey of self discovery. She needs to make reparation and she needs to deal with guilt. It is also about the Art of the accidental, the women she is lucky enough to meet; Ruby and her sewing, Dawn and her Art.
Reviews -
'I am reading your book it's so good I am totally hooked. I am really enjoying it. It is so nicely written, I have got quite lost in it. I split the novel in two parts so I can take it on the tube with me! Evie is such an interesting character, how awful she was to Bella who is so utterly sweet. I'm intrigued to see if she finds herself on her journey of self discovery.'
'I'm reading the book and loving it. I like the way Evie’s not stuck up. I like the way she's flawed. I love Dawn and the time Evie spends in the woods.'
'I am Evie.'
'Reading this inspired me to write.'
How can we live a meaningful and authentic life in such a complex world?
This novel is about one young woman's search for purpose and redemption. It is about facing up to the past in order to be fully in the present and it's about memory - what we choose to remember and what we choose to forget. It is about self destructive habits. Human beings have always struggled with an attempt to live life well. It is why Evie takes a battered copy of Siddhartha by Herman Hesse as her companion. His search for enlightenment echoes her own. It is also why she reads poetry, Robert Frost, Sylvia Plath and Edna St Vincent Millay. Working in Fashion she has been immersed in consumer culture but now she wants a simpler life, she wants to reduce things down to their essence. She's haunted by the mementos she will leave behind. What will be the scrapbook of her life? Lost, desperate and lonely she goes on a journey of self discovery. She needs to make reparation and she needs to deal with guilt. It is also about the Art of the accidental, the women she is lucky enough to meet; Ruby and her sewing, Dawn and her Art.
