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A "feminist meditation" on remarkable women and nature has been won by Two Roads. Windswept: Why Women Walk is the first non-fiction title from novelist Annabel Abbs, who, after a life-threatening accident, realised she had "taken the simple act of walking for granted" and vowed to get out more in the countryside.
The book delves into how women in particular relate to nature, focusing on the likes of Georgia O’Keeffe, Simone de Beauvoir and Nan Shepherd. Abbs re-created some of those women’s rambles, including Shepard’s "barefoot walks, naked swims and night-time sleeps in the Cairngorms".
Two Roads’ Lisa Highton bought UK and Commonwealth rights at auction from Rachel Mills, with pre-empts in Germany (btb), Italy (Mondadori) and the Netherlands (Karakter). Mills recently launched her own agency, Rachel Mills Literary, after stints at Furniss Lawton and PFD.