Katharine B. Soper

Steps Out of Time: One Woman's Journey on the Camino (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Steps Out of Time won a silver medal in the 2014 Independent Publishers Book Competition and an Honorable Mention in the 2014 Writer's Digest self-published award program. Amazon reviews show that this book resonates deeply among readers, hikers and armchair travelers alike. "While the narratives of other pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela are available in an array of languages, Soper stands out as a unique and rewarding guide.... for the quality and detail of her descriptive and narrative writing, as well as the interest level of her reflections.... Soper seems to have put as much care into her book as she did, indeed, into her pilgrimage. She imbued both works with dignity and relevance in a straightforward, honest manner that will not be lost on the reader. I tip my hat to a formidable traveler/writer." Judge, 22nd Annual Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards. Part memoir, part travelogue, Steps Out of Time details the fascinating history and traditions of this ancient way, its breathtaking beauty, great food, and extraordinary camaraderie. As well, it conveys the realities of a secular pilgrim's journey - the pain, the hilarious situations, the unexpected, and the moving. It is also a deeply reflective memoir on aging and the pace of modern life as seen through the eyes of a fifty-seven-year-old wife, mother, and professional who worries that recently diagnosed medical conditions might prevent her from accomplishing her goal. Her gender, stage in life, age (and hopefully, her maturity!) set the stage for her journey and the discoveries she makes along the way. This book is a book that will resonate with anyone who has felt overwhelmed by the pace and demands of life and who remembers - but cannot seem to recreate - a life that was calmer, richer and more fulfilling. All who desire to take that first step of personal rediscovery will want to read Steps Out of Time.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Katharine B. Soper
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780991149223
• Artikelnr.: 55398697

Autorenporträt

Kate has been fascinated by the pilgrimage to Santiago since she first walked the Camino francès from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, France, to Santiago de Compostella, Spain, at age 57. Steps Out of Time: One Woman's Journey on the Camino is based on the journal she kept during that life-changing journey.

Since her first pilgrimage, Kate has returned to Europe six times to walk other pilgrimage trails to Santiago. Most recently, she walked the Portuguese Coastal Camino from Porto to Santiago in the fall of 2019 and the traditional Portuguese Camino from Lisbon to Santiago in the summer of 2017. She continues to deepen her understanding of pilgrimage by serving as a volunteer hospitalière at the Pilgrim Welcome Center in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port (2009, 2010, and 2011) and at a Monastery in Conques, France, that has welcomed pilgrims to Santiago for centuries (2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018). Her plans to walk the Via de la Plata from Seville to Santiago in the spring of 2020 and to do additional volunteer work at pilgrim centers are on hold pending the safe re-opening of the Camino.

There's so much more to say about the Camino! For some of Kate's current Camino musings, go to www.crazywisdomjournal.com and search for "Creature Comforts on the Camino, Part 1: Do Real Pilgrims Take Cold Showers," "Creature Comforts on the Camino, Part 2: Are Smartphones, Email, and Apps Existential Threats," "Danger on the Camino: Trust in Allah and Tie Up the Camels," and "Been There, Done That?"

Kate is now retired from an administrative position at the University of Michigan. She has also worked as a French professor at Boise State University and the University of Alaska, an attorney practicing divorce law and insurance defense law, a divorce mediator, and a writer and editor at the Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Ann Arbor. Earlier in life, she supervised line-walkers on the Alaska pipeline, guided student tours to France and Spain, and taught English to mid-level executives in Bogotà, Colombia, and to air traffic controllers at the Bordeaux International Airport. Kate was an avid backpacker until health concerns precluded carrying more than ten pounds on her back: she has gotten this limitation down and is looking forward to future Caminos!

She and her husband, Philip, live in Ann Arbor, Michigan. They have two children and three granddaughters.

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