The Gnome King reviewed Just Another Mountain by Sarah Jane Douglas
Review of 'Just Another Mountain' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
What an incredible homage to a Mother! Sarah has had to deal with so much grief and all in a relatively short space of time, taking that many hits from life in one go makes grieving almost impossible. She gets herself into more trouble which adds more stress and pushes her very close to the edge. She needed to find a way out of the darkness and quickly. A cue for the mighty hills to step in and give her grief an outlet.
Being out and about walking in the hills is very therapeutic, alone with your thoughts, able to calmly think things through and being untethered from all those gadgets that cause stress in life. I work in IT and am lucky to have across the road from my work a common, lunchtime walks splashing through puddles can get me through some tough days. It's not just humans that …
What an incredible homage to a Mother! Sarah has had to deal with so much grief and all in a relatively short space of time, taking that many hits from life in one go makes grieving almost impossible. She gets herself into more trouble which adds more stress and pushes her very close to the edge. She needed to find a way out of the darkness and quickly. A cue for the mighty hills to step in and give her grief an outlet.
Being out and about walking in the hills is very therapeutic, alone with your thoughts, able to calmly think things through and being untethered from all those gadgets that cause stress in life. I work in IT and am lucky to have across the road from my work a common, lunchtime walks splashing through puddles can get me through some tough days. It's not just humans that feel this, the happiest my dog has ever looked is when up in the hills.
Sarah takes to hill walking big time, tackling the Munros, Kilimanjaro and the Himalayas. As she walks she tells the reader about her life, about her mum, grandparents, sons and loves. All her dark moments are put onto the page full of raw emotion. You start of this book not knowing who this person is but by the end you feel as if you've know her all your life.
This has been a wonderful book to read, I did invest myself emotionally big time and at the end of certain chapters I was left with a heavy lump in my chest. Near the end Sarah does a bit of investigating and I found myself on the edge of my seat, hoping that she would find the answers that she wanted. This book comes highly recommended by me, give it a read to see the magical healing that nature has.
Blog review with pictures: felcherman.wordpress.com/2020/03/24/just-another-mountain-by-sarah-jane-douglas/