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What the Psychic Told the Pilgrim

A Midlife Misadventure on Spain's Camino de Santiago de Compostela

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What the Psychic Told the Pilgrim

By: Jane Christmas
Narrated by: Jane Christmas
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To celebrate her 50th birthday and face the challenges of midlife, Jane Christmas joins 14 women to hike the Camino de Santiago de Compostela. Despite a psychic's warning of catfights, death, and a sexy, fair-haired man, Christmas soldiers on. After a week of squabbles, the group splinters, and the real adventure begins. In vivid, witty style, she recounts her battles with loneliness, hallucinations of being joined by Steve Martin, as well as picturesque villages and even the fair-haired man. What the Psychic Told the Pilgrim is one trip neither the author nor the listener will forget.

©2007 Jane Christmas (P)2015 Post Hypnotic Press Inc. Europe Travel Writing & Commentary Western Europe Witty Psychic

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This book is full of story and well recorded. It gives me cue of the Camino that I would like to do one day by myself. Recommend it.

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loved it !! Resonated with me as I have been walking the same camino. interesting to hear a different perspdctive. Great pace, honest and entertaining.

Honest and easy to listen to.

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An interesting memoir with plenty of poetic licence but not the usual Camino story of which I have read many. I was intrigued by Christmas's view of her 'tribe' and those she met along the way and felt compelled to continue. However, I found her quite selfish and critical but maybe this was driven the anger which underlies many of her encounters? I wonder if her journey brought about any of the insights she sought or altered her view of humanity?
I was surprised at one point that she felt it acceptable to wander around someone's private property because the gate was open. Also that she felt it was the duty of a refugio receptionist to find her a bed somewhere else as they were full. It is no wonder some local people come to dislike 'Pilgrims'.
I became increasingly irritated by her mispronunciation of Spanish words such as 'refukio' and 'cafay con laychay' sticking to the English words refuge or hostel and coffee would have been preferable.
I enjoyed that this memoir was different and the depth of honesty Christmas expressed about her self and her feelings dispite the detail some of her encounters seeming exaggerated or a trifle suspect. This said, I probably won't be listening to any more of her books.

An angry woman's account of the Camino.

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loved the honesty and quirky way your story was told thank you as I start planning my own camino adventure

brilliant

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Read this as I wanted a ‘human’ take on walking the Camino St Frances rather than a travelogue. Found the story ok but not enough on the places experienced - a bit self-self-self heavy. The author read the story and, whilst she has a lovely accent (Canadian) and the timbre is ok...I didn’t warm to her somewhat theatrical reading which rendered a lot of the text to sound like it was being exclaimed.

Easy listening - story better than performance

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