I just wrote a post about this - and listed all the books written about the Camino by women authors. Seems we are in the minority:
https://www.thecrackpotwriter.com/books-about-the-camino-written-by-women-authors/
Hello David, I recently finished (End of October) Sinning Across Spain.... It is not a book I would have normally picked up, but it worked out that I did. Ailsa Piper is an extremely fast walker, and it affects her Caminos. She is not religious...
What a great topic for a dissertation! To begin read some of the early 20th c descriptions by Georgina Goddard King and published c1920. Begin to research her and her Spanish journeys in this earlier Forum thread
I came across your post as I was researching publishers for my book, One Woman's Camino. I had to laugh when I saw your stipulation about wanting memoirs by "young" women. I did the Camino solo at 70. So I guess I wouldn't be on your list :)...
Excellent book. That is what I was going to post. Just so you know, it's a movie too.
2021 is going to have crowds. Postpone and you have an opportunity to learn even more.
"The Way of Stars and Stones", written by Wilma Wilkinson, a South African who walked the Camino in winter on her own, I think about 10 years ago. This I bought in Cape Town when I just happened to mention the Camino to my brother and was...
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