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There were two hashtags that I liked #giveashit and #buylesslivemore to connect and be more present, aware, realisation from minimalism.

And it talks of love and kindness and what is necessary sacrifice for change. Sarah talks of her personal experiences with pregnancy, loss and the grief that accompanies those situations. It explores fear, anger and anxiety and what actions situations that provoke these feelings can trigger. The book is powerful and thought provoking. It also explores COVID-19, likening it to ‘nature us all to our rooms to have a good hard look at ourselves’ and forcing us all to reassess what is essential and non-essential in life. The book covers current events such as systemic racism. She documents these hikes across the world, people she meets on her travels, what she learns and her realisations about the dangers to the earth we live in including climate change. Sarah hikes and says she does so to get clear, connect and feel. In it, Sarah talks of her ‘itch’ also referred to as a societal shitstorm referring to the many global crises and likened to a form of spiritual PTSD. The book is ‘a path back to connection in a fractured world’. ‘A path back to connection in a fractured world’ I will admit I knew very little of this book before reading it and it was an emotional read. Sarah writes in a way that you feel a myriad of emotions that she has experienced. The author, Sarah, changed the title as she felt that it was aggressive and not helpful. The title of the book was originally ‘Wake The F*ck Up’ and intended to make people stop and make the necessary urgent reaction to what is happening in our world. She hikes around the world, meeting wild voices and experts who help navigate her on a path to a better world. In her latest book, Sarah journeys through the complexities of climate change, coronvirus, racial inequalities. She wrote the New York Times bestsellers I Quit Sugar and First, We Make the Beast Beautiful. Sarah is a former journalist and TV presenter, author and activist. This week HLL reviewer Lisa has been reading This One Wild and Precious Life by Sarah Wilson.