What happens when a burnt-out professor trades academia for a fresh start in the city of her dreams - only to find reinvention far tougher than she imagined? At sixty-five, Rebecca Knuth walks away from the security and status of academia, determined to reimagine herself in London.
She craves more - more creativity, more stories, more life. Immersing herself in the city's literary and cultural world, she enrolls in a creative nonfiction masters program, trains as a guide, joins the prestigious London Library, and reclaims her voice as a writer. London becomes her muse, a place of transformation where shedding her old identity is inseparable from rebuilding herself as a woman.
But change is never simple. Her mother's health declines. Rebecca lands in intensive care. She's harassed on the Underground. Exhaustion takes hold. Doubt creeps in - about her ambition, her motivation, even her sense of belonging. Where exactly is home? A memoir of reinvention, resilience, and self-discovery, London Sojourn speaks to retirees, creatives, and seekers longing to step beyond certainty into something new.
| Format |
Häftad |
| Omfång |
256 sidor |
| Språk |
Engelska |
| Förlag |
She Writes Press |
| Utgivningsdatum |
2026-01-27 |
| ISBN |
9798896360605 |
