Wild Woman
Empowering Stories from Women who Work in Nature
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Wild Woman
Narrated by:
Philippa Forrester
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Philippa Forrester
About this listen
'Deeply personal and poignant' BBC Countryfile
An engaging blend of conservation stories and humorous, personal anecdotes from Philippa Forrester about women who, like her, choose to live and work in the wild.
In Wild Woman, Philippa Forrester considers the grit and determination required for women to maintain connections to wildlife and succeed in the traditionally male-dominated fields of conservation and environmental biology. She shares stories of female conservation heroes and other extraordinary wild women working in nature and investigates the ways in which the natural world is a vital 'medicine' for our mental health.
Talking to women from around the world, Philippa studies and celebrates what it means to be a wild woman. From the sixteenth-century botanist who was the first woman to circumnavigate the globe to modern-day women responding to bear attacks in Yellowstone, working to rewild reserves in South Africa, photographing Caribou in the Arctic and more, Philippa examines how these women benefit from a life spent in the wilderness and also considers what the natural world gains from them.
Relating some of her own experiences from three decades spent travelling around the world and working in some of the wildest places on Earth, Philippa asks: what does it take for a woman to live or work in the wild?©2024 Philippa Forrester (P)2024 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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thoughtful, heartwrenching, inspiring stories.
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I am truly enamoured by her tenacity grit and determination, being a gentle and nurturing mother - whilst operating with grace and decorum. As a fellow wild woman that has worked in conservation for a great many years, its even more enjoyable to hear accounts of the trials of other women pursuing a labour of love, as a result I binge listened to this book, But it's one of the few I could happily listen to again. Thanks philippa - a truly wonderful book and you're a credit to the conservation world.
Glorious, brave, soulful and inspiring
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Inspiration
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Really empowering & told in a way that creates a pathway for how do womanhood well-in a no nonsense down to earth, and funny, way.
Highly recommend
Provides a bigger picture on womanhood
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