The Waverley Gazette

Review by 'Book Addict' on Amazon - thank you Book Addict

This review has appeared today of Sue Reid Sexton's 'Writing on the Road'. A lovely review, carefully written. Reproduced from Amazon.co.uk

"This unusual, beautifully written book is many things. It is the story of a love affair with the West Coast of Scotland – the oceans, the beaches, the birds, the seals, the skies. It's a book about accessing your creativity as a writer, motivating yourself, getting the words down on the page and evaluating what you've written. It's a book about solitude and courage, and a basic introduction to Buddhism and meditation. And it's also a book about campervans: the joys and technical challenges of their ownership.

The author bought a series of second-hand campervans, each with its own eccentricities and each with its own name: among them teeny Vera, Vanessa Hotplate and Fugue Ducato. Over a prolonged period, while her second marriage was slowly unravelling, she headed out into the wilds of Scotland to search for her sanity, and to write: long days working on a laptop in the van, with magnificent vistas out the window, sustained by oatcakes, cheese and cups of tea. As she adapted to solitude, her confidence grew, and in this sense the book can be compared to Eat, Pray, Love, except that it is much better written. There's an elegiac quality as the author mourns the loss of her marriage and contemplates single life again, but you sense she has such inner strength she will manage just fine.

It didn't make me want to buy a campervan – I need my home comforts more than that – but it did make me want to visit many of the places mentioned. The gorgeous descriptions make you feel as though you are actually there on the edge of wild grey ocean with a seal watching you from a few yards out, or in complete, disorienting darkness without any background city glow. The book is invaluable as a guide to enjoying your own company, something all of us need to learn no matter what our circumstances. Like all the best travel writing, it shows that the most compelling journey is the one that leads inside to illuminate the soul."

Sue Reid Sexton at Waterstones Oban 7/5/16 from 2pm Book Signing

Sue Reid Sexton will be signing copies of her new book 'Writing on the Road - - Campervan Love and the Joy of Solitude' at

Waterstones Oban, 12 George Street, Oban, PA34 5SB

Saturday 7th May from 2pm -4pm.

(the shop is situated opposite West Coast Motors)

 

Many thanks to Waterstones for this invitation.

Sue Reid Sexton at Waterstones Oban 7/5/16 from 2pm Book Signing

Sue Reid Sexton will be signing copies of her new book 'Writing on the Road - - Campervan Love and the Joy of Solitude' at

Waterstones Oban, 12 George Street, Oban, PA34 5SB

Saturday 7th May from 2pm -4pm.

(the shop is situated opposite West Coast Motors)

Sue Reid Sexton Blackwells South Bridge Edinburgh Tuesday 24th May Writing on the Road Event

Meet Sue Reid Sexton and attend an event for her new book 'Writing on the Road - Campervan Love and The Joy of Solitude'

Sue Reid Sexton will talk about her new book, and her love of campervanning (and also about how to buy a campervan) on Tuesday 24th May at 6.30pm at Blackwells, South Bridge Edinburgh. Tickets are free but reserved through EventBrite.