The Only Way Is West

A Once in a Lifetime, 500 Mile Adventure Walking Spain’s Camino de Santiago

De: Bradley Chermside

Narrado por: Joel Daffurn

Duración: 8 h y 41 m

Resumen del Editor

The international best seller.

What would you do if you're given a €20 note in Greece with an email address scribbled on it:

1. Spend it?
2. Slip the suspect counterfeit bill into an enemy’s birthday card?
3. Send an email, hoping it will lead to you finding everlasting love?

Brad, a hopeless romantic, chose the latter.

Two years later, his love life remains a disaster and his career is misfiring. As he’s about to walk Spain’s fabled Camino de Santiago to ponder some profound life changes, Brad receives a reply. Incredibly, it’s from a woman who lives on the 1000-year-old pilgrimage trail, far away from where the money first crossed his palm. She invites him to sleep..."on her house".

Hiking 900km on the Road to Santiago to a blind date with the mystery €20 woman, he meets fellow pilgrims and natives who make him believe more than ever in the kindness of the human spirit, befriends a Hungarian who speaks English in song titles and has his raison d’être revealed to him by a barefoot Mayan mystic. Will he meet his happily-ever-after along the way too?

Buy this pacy, laugh-out-loud travelogue to find out now...

• Best seller in the UK - Humorous essays, travelogues, and religious travel categories.
• Best seller in the USA - Sports essays, ecotourism, and literary travel.
• Best seller in Canada - Humorous essays and travelogues.
• Best seller in Australia - Humorous essays and travelogues.
• Best seller in India - Religious travel.

©2019 Bradley Chermside (P)2020 Bradley Chermside

Reseñas de la Crítica

"An inspiring, touching, heartfelt and funny memoir that made me howl with laughter throughout. A wonderful read." (Kevin Hand, BBC London)

"This book would be a great read for anyone planning their own Camino, or for those who like adventure and travel memoirs written with honesty, emotion and humour." (French Village Diaries)

Outstanding

I have read many Camino books. This book is, by far, one of the best.

Amazing

Loved this book and author! Felt like I was right there in Spain on Camino with him! Will read more books by Joel Daffurn

Inspiring and fun

I laughed. I cried. And I laughed and got tearful again! Thoroughly enjoyed! I listened while I walked and dreamed of doing the Camino someday!

Where are my walking shoes

I love books about dropping everything, throwing on a backpack, and walking until your feet are destroyed. Throw in a mystery date at the end of the road and you have a recipe for "can't stop listening".
I can't wait for his next adventure.

Peregrinos, don't miss this one.

I listen to Brad's podcast and I respect him greatly. In his book, you'll watch his transition from an undirected and perhaps immature youngster to a thoughtful and insightful man.

The key: keep reading it through to the end.

Brad, after reading your book, I like you more than ever, peregrino.

Not my favorite

It was ok as far as Camino memoirs go. Not my favorite and probably won't reread/listen again, like I have several others. The author seemed to like to make fun of people and objectify/sexualize women. I kept hoping there'd be some kind of epiphany, but the closest we get is when he is relaying a life changing conversation he'd had with someone the previous evening where he learned he needs to see the good in people, but minutes before he'd spent a lengthy time ranting and complaining and disparaging "plastic pilgrims."
I listened to the whole thing because I was hoping for some redemption, but didn't witness any.

Hilarious and moving

I am listening to it one more time. Love the humour, the sincerity, the play of words, the flashback stories, and so on.
Bradley writes in such a way that it seems you’re watching a movie. In fact, this book should definitely become a movie!
Excellent writer! Deserves 5⭐️