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This One Wild and Precious Life: A hopeful path forward in a fractured world Hardcover – 25 August 2020

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Will you sleep through the revolution? Or do you want to wake up and reclaim your one wild and precious life?

We live in truly overwhelming times. The climate crisis, political polarisation, racial injustice and coronavirus have left many of us in a state of spiritual PTSD. We have retreated, morally and psychologically; we are experiencing a crisis of disconnection - from one another, from our true values, from joy, and from life as we feel we are meant to be living it.

Sarah Wilson argues that this sense of despair and disconnection is ironically what unites us - that deep down, we are all feeling that same itch for a new way of living. this one wild and precious life opens our eyes to how we got here and offers a radically hopeful path forward. Drawing on science, literature, philosophy, the wisdom of some of the world's leading experts, and her personal journey, Wilson weaves a one-of-a-kind narrative that lights the way back to the life we love. En route, she leads us through a series of 'wildly awake' and joyful practices for reconnecting again that include:

- Go to your edge. Do what scares you and embrace discomfort daily. Use it to grow into your Big Life.
- #buylesslivemore. Break the cycle of mindless consumption and get light with your life.
- Become a soul nerd. Embrace poetry, deep reading, art, and classical music to light up your intellect.
- Get 'full-fat spiritual'. How to have an active practice - beyond the 'lite' 'rainbows and unicorns' - and use it to change the world.
- Hike. Just hike. Walking in nature reconnects us with ourselves, and with our true purpose.
- Practise wild activism. If you can get 3.5 per cent of a population to participate in sustained, non-violent protest, change happens. We create our better world.

The time has come to boldly, wildly, imagine better. We are being called upon, individually and as a society, to forge a new path and to find a new way of living. Will you join the journey?

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Publisher : Macmillan Australia (25 August 2020)
Language : English
Hardcover : 368 pages
ISBN-10 : 1760556734
ISBN-13 : 978-1760556730
Dimensions : 20.8 x 3.4 x 15.6 cm

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International bestselling author and activist Sarah Wilson goes on a three-year hiking odyssey around the world to pave a radically hopeful path to the connected, meaningful and kind life we all crave.

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Sarah Wilson is the author of the New York Times bestsellers first, we make the beast beautiful: a new story about anxiety, which Mark Manson described as 'the best book on living with anxiety that I've ever read', and I Quit Sugar, along with eleven cookbooks that have been published in fifty-two countries. Previously, she was editor of Cosmopolitan Australia, host of MasterChef Australia and founder of iquitsugar.com, an 8-week program that has seen millions worldwide break their sugar addiction. In May 2018, Sarah committed to giving all proceeds from the business to charity. She now builds and enables charity projects that engage humans with one another, and campaigns on mental health, consumerism, racial injustice, and climate issues. Sarah lives in Sydney, is an obsessive hiker and spent eight years travelling the world with one bag.

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Sarah Wilson is a former journalist and TV presenter, author and activist. She wrote the New York Times bestsellers I Quit Sugar and First, We Make the Beast Beautiful, which Mark Manson described as "the best book on living with anxiety that I've ever read". She is the author of another 11 cookbooks that sell in 52 countries.

Previously she was editor of Cosmopolitan Australia, host of Masterchef Australia and founder of the largest wellness website in Australia, IQuitSugar.com. In May 2018, Sarah closed the business and gave all money to charity. She now builds and enables charity projects that "engage humans with each other" and campaigns on mental health and climate issues. Sarah ranks as one of the top 200 most influential authors in the world and has a combined digital audience of 2.5 million.

Sarah lives minimally, rides a hand-built bike and is known for travelling the world for eight years with one bag.

Sarah's latest book This One Wild and Precious Life is a soul's journey through the complexities of climate change, coronavirus, racial inequalities and our disconnection from what matters...back to life. Sarah hikes around the world, meeting wild voices and experts who provide hopeful wisdoms and vibrant solutions to arrive at what she feels is a true path through the despair...to our better world. This One Wild Precious Life is published September 2020 (Pan Macmillan Australia), December 2020 (US, Harper Collins) and in the UK early 2021.

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Charlotte Brett

Some good insights but not an enjoyable read

Reviewed in Australia on 5 October 2020

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There are some good points in the book but she writes in a way which comes across as rude and condescending to the reader. Particularly if you don’t agree with everything she has to say or her way of life.

I believe it’s good to read a variety of books and from different authors - even if they challenge you. She does that but not (in my opinion) in an enjoyable or over insightful way.

She mentions complex theories without explaining them and many of the studies she references are not true studies - some are references to news paper articles which reference the study.

I wouldn’t recommend this book but it’s definitely personal taste, maybe some people like the way she writes?

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Anon.

Don't bother if you're purchasing for a Kindle/e-reader

Reviewed in Australia on 20 January 2021

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I don't normally write reviews but this is a massive oversight on the part of the publisher and I wouldn't want others purchasing it for their e-readers to make the same mistake. I was excited to get stuck into the book which I purchased in early December. With the December/Christmas rush I didn't get a chance to begin reading it until several weeks later (so no refund). Once I did, I realised that the text only takes up two thirds of the page. Sarah mentions at the start that she has done this so that readers can take notes and scribble, which is fine in a physical book but on a kindle it's obviously not necessary. Every five words it drops to a new line which is incredibly irritating and makes the whole book a challenging experience versus an interesting read. I didn't even get a chance to finish the book because I got fed up having to read that way so I cant even comment on the content.

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Naomi

Absolutely brilliant

Reviewed in Australia on 16 October 2020

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Engaging and brilliantly balanced between personal memories and research, I loved every minute of this book. Sarah Wilson is unapologetically angry and it’s impossible to read this book and not be fired up to. Highly recommend.

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Melanie T

Beautiful and important writing

Reviewed in Australia on 30 September 2020

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This book is a well crafted integration of important information for our times. It is activating and inspiring. And hard to put down. Everyone should read this book and allow it to stretch their mind open.

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An interesting read.

Reviewed in Australia on 30 January 2021

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The 2nd half is better than the 1st half. Sarah thinks a bit too much at times and I can see why hiking is integral to her soul- to calm down her psyche. The way she lives is inspirational.

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Peter Richard Adams

Great read

Reviewed in Australia on 24 October 2020

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noel watts

Great 👍

Reviewed in Australia on 28 October 2020

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Ian Acheson

Confronting read

Reviewed in Australia on 28 November 2020

Sarah always challenges the reader to push beyond themselves, to stretch to look outside the 'industry of self' so we can both become kinder more loving humans plus do some good to help others.

Sarah wrote this book over the course of a number of years and numerous hikes. Hiking is Sarah's 'happy place' and each chapter covers one of those hikes as it pertains to the issue she is tackling in the particular chapter.

The first part of the book highlights the 'big' issues we have at present around globalism, racism and climate change but also matters closer to home of finding one's 'true north' whatever that looks like for each individual. The second part provides some suggestions for finding answers to these riddles.

Sarah has done lots of research, talked too many relevant experts and complete strangers on her travels, all of whom provide insights for her plus she intermingles her own story through it all. It's a dense book with so many good takeaways and I wish there was a 5-10 page summary that helped one keep track of all the nuggets.

Oh well, I guess I'll just have to read it again. And I expect a few more times. And take better notes.

Sarah writes it in the ways she speaks. It's conversational, challenging and confrontational but with big dobs of kindness and grace.

Highly recommended.

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Gavin B.

THE must Read of the century

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 February 2021

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Impactful, menacing, meaningful, thoughtful and insightful. Humanity needs this book and to take so many lessons from it. Thoroughly enjoyed it and would recommend to everyone.

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I think this book perfectly scripts a lot of thoughts and feelings we as a collective people have had but not been able to meaningfully describe. The author’s research on influential philosophers, public speakers, and scientists emphasizes the message she conveys as we all need to come together and be a people again as opposed to relying on individual tendencies and preoccupations. The hikes and the general voyage through nature act as a wonderful conduit to the message as well. Though the level of minimalism may be unachievable for most, the freedom of body and mind it prescribes is the beauty of art in it’s own and makes the reader yearn for a less constricted and prone-to-consumption way of life. Definitely recommend!

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D. Ingalls

Incredibly timely...should be required reading

Reviewed in the United States on 31 January 2021

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Though I'm only about a quarter of the way through this book, it resonated straight from the onset. Sarah Wilson has articulated everything I've been feeling for so long, but was unable to express. We have bought into (literally and figuratively) a system that has deteriorated our humanity, to the point of crisis. May we wake up and re-engage with ourselves and our communities. Excellent work and highly recommended!

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Kelsey DeDea

Just read it

Reviewed in the United States on 22 February 2021

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The book I didn’t know I needed. Sarah covers so many topics, but really it’s about being a better human. Recommend for everyone

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