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When Wanderers Cease to Roam: A Traveler's Journal of Staying Put

by Vivian Swift

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A charming, illustrated celebration of puttering, doodling, daydreaming, and settling down after years on the road.

Following a lifetime of trekking across the globe, Vivian Swift racked up twenty-three temporary addresses in twenty years, finally dropped her well-worn futon mattress and rucksack in a small town on the edge of the Long Island Sound. She spent the next decade quietly taking stock of her life, her immediate surroundings, and, finally, what it means to call a place a home.

The result is When Wanderers Cease to Roam. Filled with watercolors of beautiful local landscapes, seasonal activities, and small, overlooked pleasures of easy living, each chapter chronicles, month by month, the beautifully mundane perks of remaining at home—from curious notices in the local paper to the variations of autumnal clouds. At once gorgeously rendered and wholly original, this delightful and masterfully observed year of staying put shows us how the details of travel and the details of our lives remain with us—how they can nurture and sustain us, and how the past and the present become, in the end, intertwined.

About the Author

Vivian Swift is a freelance writer and former assistant vice president of Christie's Inc. This is her first book.

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Denise Morland, November 23, 2008 (view all comments by Denise Morland)
When Wanderers Cease To Roam is Vivian Swift's gorgeous illustrated journal of the time she spent living on the edge of the Long Island Sound. It is arranged by month encompassing one year and focusing especially on the seasons. The watercolors and drawings on every page are whimsical, soft, pastel colors that are pleasant and entertaining to look at. The book is filled with small insights like "How to Winterize Your Mind" - see the sun rise and set everyday, and comforting or inspiring quotes. This is the perfect book for escaping your own reality for a little while. Brew a cup of tea, snuggle up with an old cat, and relive with Vivian Swift both her travels around the world and her period of staying put.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781596914612
Subtitle:
A Traveler's Journal of Staying Put
Author:
Swift, Vivian
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Subject:
Essays & Travelogues
Subject:
Personal Memoirs
Publication Date:
October 2008
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
199
Dimensions:
918x842x89 190

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