The Year We Seized the Day

The Year We Seized the Day: A True Story of Friendship and Renewal on the Camino
AuthorElizabeth Best
Colin Bowles
LanguageEnglish
SubjectFriendship
Camino de Santiago
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherAllen & Unwin Australia
Publication date
2007
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint, ebook
ISBN9781741750683 First edition

The Year We Seized the Day: A True Story of Friendship and Renewal on the Camino is a book by two Australian authors, Elizabeth Best and Colin Bowles about their 800 km trek on foot along the pilgrim route, the Camino de Santiago.[1] The book was first published in 2007 by Allen & Unwin Australia and a new edition followed in 2010.[2][3]

Synopsis

The book, written by Best and Bowles, follows the two authors as they take a pilgrimage trip in Spain, on the Camino de Santiago. The two find the trip more difficult than they initially thought, but struggle through it together and with several other pilgrims also taking the same route.

Release

The Year We Seized the Day was first published in Australia during 2007 by Allen & Unwin Australia, under the title The Year We Seized the Day: A True Story of Friendship, Fury and Sore Feet.[4] This would later be retitled The Year We Seized the Day: A True Story of Friendship and Renewal on the Camino for the new edition released in 2010, also by Allen & Unwin Australia.[5]

Reception

The Year We Seized the Day has received reviews from The Sydney Morning Herald,[6] Wet Ink,[7] The Courier-Mail,[2] The Weekend Australian,[8] and Sun Herald.[9]

References

  1. ^ "The Year We Seized the Day : A True Story of Friendship, Fury and Sore Feet | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories". www.austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b Bantick, Christopher (29 September 2007). "Fearless Examination from Unlikely Pair". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  3. ^ Best, Elizabeth; Bowles, Colin (2010). The Year We Seized the Day: A True Story of Friendship and Renewal on the Camino. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-74237-295-2.
  4. ^ Best, Elizabeth (2007). The year we seized the day : a true story of friendship, fury and sore feet. Colin Bowles. Crows Nest, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-74175-068-3. OCLC 174083408.
  5. ^ Best, Elizabeth (2010). The year we seized the day : a true story of friendship and renewal on the Camino. Colin Bowles. Crows Nest, N.S.W.: Arena Books. ISBN 978-1-282-49250-9. OCLC 892938433.
  6. ^ Elder, Bruce (January 16, 2010). "Armchair Journey". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 5.
  7. ^ Wilson, Dominique (Autumn 2008). "Review of The Year We Seized the Day : A True Story of Friendship, Fury and Sore Feet". Wet Ink. pp. 63–64.
  8. ^ Oakley, Barry (July 28, 2007). "Spanish Pilgrimages Generate Tears of Rage and Hymns of Joy". The Weekend Australian.
  9. ^ Swart, Genevieve (July 8, 2007). "The Odd Couple's Quest for Forgiveness". The Sun-Herald. p. 4.


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