[Gocamino] [saintjames] Santiago

Sat Sep 18 09:35:36 PDT 2010

On Pilgrimage by Jennifer Lash
Having completed a series of painful cancer treatments, British novelist
Jennifer Lash sets forth on a pilgrimage through historic Christian (and one
Buddhist) sites in France and Spain. A lapsed Catholic who feels intensely
connected to various Catholic saints but decidedly disconnected from
Catholicism itself, Lash does not herself fully understand why she has
undertaken this journey. But however uncertain her motives, her prose is
strong and distinctive, as in this description of the mountainous route to
Santiago de Compostela: "This dry, deserted land felt as if it was a spiral
of smoke curling its way up and up, far from the cities and traffic and
people below." Lash does not try to impose any artificial story arc or
"lesson" on her book, which begins with her arrival in Alencon, home of
19th-century saint Therese Martin, and ends in Santiago de Compostela,
possible final resting place of James the Apostle. Between these two points
she treats us to snippets of civic and religious history, insights into her
own life, and glimpses of an ancient method of reaching for personal peace
and healing: the pilgrimage. *--Rebecca Gleason*
 *This review is from: On Pilgrimage (Paperback)*
Jennifer Lash, who appears to be the mother of the actors Ralph and Joseph
Fiennes, made a solo trip of pilgrimage through France in l993 after winning
a battle with cancer (for awhile).

On 18 September 2010 17:55, Rosina <Blaroli at aol.com> wrote:

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>
>
> Mmmmmmh,
> I wonder why I didn't get it when I read, and passed along, its review.
> Thanks for the info. Will order it from Amazon right away.
> Listen, the mother of the Fiene (?) British actors went on a pilgrimage a
> few years ago when she learned that she was suffering from cancer, and she
> wrote a book about it. Do you know the name of the book and/or the author?
> Does anyone in these lists?
> Hugs!
> Rosina
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sil <sillydoll at gmail.com <sillydoll%40gmail.com>>
>  To: Wilna Wilkinson <twoxscotch at gmail.com <twoxscotch%40gmail.com>>
> Cc: Rosina <blaroli at aol.com <blaroli%40aol.com>>; GOCAMINO at oakapple.net<GOCAMINO%40oakapple.net>;
> saintjames at yahoogroups.com <saintjames%40yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:17 am
> Subject: Re: [Gocamino] [saintjames] Santiago
>
> Rosina, you alerted this forum to Wilna's book last year in November.
> You wrote:
>
> Hello you all,
> Here is a new Camino book that sounds like a Christmas story.
> Hugs!
>
> The Way Of The Stars And Stones
> November 26, 2009
> By Kathleen Bartels
> The Way Of The Stars And Stones: Thoughts On A Pilgrimage
> by Wilna Wilkinson
> Jacana R179
> When a close friend on another continent is diagnosed with cancer, feelings
> of helplessness drive the author to seek out a challenge as daunting and
> overwhelming as the battle her friend is facing. She sets out on the Camino
> de Santiago de Compostela, also known as The Way of St James, following an
> 800km pilgrimage route across the Pyrenees in northern Spain. Religious
> pilgrims have conquered it by foot (or perished trying) for more than 1 000
> years.
> It is said every pilgrim carries some burden, and the Camino provides the
> ideal environment to find the answers within one's own heart and soul.
> The night before she completes her two-month pilgrimage, the author
> receives
> the happy news that her friend has been declared cancer-free. There's
> nothing trite about it, though.
> Recommended. -
> Kathleen Bartels
>
> On 18 September 2010 09:47, Wilna Wilkinson <twoxscotch at gmail.com<twoxscotch%40gmail.com>>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Rosine
> >
> > I wrote the book about my own Camino -- so the stories are all from
> talking
> > to people along the way and picked up as I went along and experienced and
> > saw and heard different things (with quite a bit of thorough research
> > during
> > the writing process)
> > I would like to think it is my book is different from the myriad of books
> > on
> > the camino out there! And perhaps a few other think the same -- as the
> > first
> > edition was sold out in 10 months -- and the second print it out soon. --
> > which I am thrilled about as I dedicated my camino to a close friend who
> > had
> > cancer (she is currently the longest living phase 4 cancer survivor
> ever!)
> > and al proceeds of the book go to cancer research -- the magic of the
> > camino
> > continues...
> >
> > The Way of Stars and Stones - Thoughts on a pilgrimage
> > Wilna Wilkinson
> > EAN/ISBN 978-1-77009-749-0
> > Published by Jacana Media in September 2009
> > Available on amazon.com
> >
> > You can read a bit more about it and some reviews, if you wish, on
> > http://thewayofstarsandstones.blogspot.com/
> >
> > Wilna
> >
> > On 18 September 2010 00:10, Rosina <blaroli at aol.com <blaroli%40aol.com>>
> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > What is your book about? When, where was it published? Did you get the
> > > story, or stories from that old book: "Naughty doings in the Camino"?
> > > (Picardias in el Camino). Have you read "Murder and Mayhem in the
> French
> > > Camino"? (En el Camino Frances to dan gato por res, etc.)
> > > Reading the surprising doings in the Camino that went on and on, one
> > > wonders how and why it became as positively sanitized as it is today.
> > > Surprisingly, German pilgrims, as they set off in groups from the
> > albergues
> > > in the monasteries and convents in Bavaria today, tend to wear a sort
> of
> > > loose clothing that is reminiscent of the ancient pilgrims' clothing
> > which,
> > > in times past, pilgrims had to wear to gain admission to albergues and
> > > such. That obligatory clothing gave rise, and cover, to a great many of
> > the
> > > misdeeds written about. I wonder why some pilgrims seem to want to
> > revive
> > > the clothing customs.
> > > Hugs!
> > > Rosina
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Wilna Wilkinson <twoxscotch at gmail.com <twoxscotch%40gmail.com>>
> > > To: Rosina <blaroli at aol.com <blaroli%40aol.com>>
> > > Cc: GoCamino at oakapple.net <GoCamino%40oakapple.net>;
> saintjames at yahoogroups.com <saintjames%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > Sent: Fri, Sep 17, 2010 4:50 pm
> > > Subject: Re: [Gocamino] [saintjames] Santiago
> > >
> > > Hi Rosina
> > >
> > > It will definitely work if you just forward the original message with
> the
> > > url in it.
> > >
> > > I wrote in my book 'The way of stars and stones' about the story of
> > Daniel
> > > looking with that silly grin on his face at Esther's breasts (what very
> > > clever stone masons!) and the revenge the Galicians took with the
> shaping
> > of
> > > their cheeses -- I loved that story -- as I do the many other little
> > myths
> > > and legends in and around the camino
> > > Wilna
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Wilna Wilkinson SC, FITC
> > Le Chateau
> > 1, rue de Verdun
> > Lalinde 24150
> > France
> > +33 (0)553 22 80 94
> > +33 (0)689 38 68 22
> >
> >
> > The view from a chateau window: http://chateaulalinde.blogspot.com
> >
> > Chateau Lalinde : Home from home in the Dordogne:
> > http://www.chateaulalinde.com
> >
> > The Way of Stars and Stones -- Thoughts on a Pilgrimage
> > ISBN 978-0-77009-749-0
> > Now available on http://www.amazon.com
> >
> > A walk of 800km down a medieval footpath under the stars of the milky way
> > in
> > Northern Spain -- for a friend
> > Blog: http://thewayofstarsandstones.blogspot.com
> > Facebook:
> >
> >
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