ABOUT
How grief turned into a life well lived.
Searching for resolution around my mother’s death, I left my forest home on Salt Spring Island, Canada, to set out solo from Saint Jean-Pied-de-Port, France on a 500 mile journey. Why? Because I could never go back to the way things were.
From a bomb scare in Paris, to strangers with messages, a fellowship of fun, lightening up, and letting go, this is my walk into the mystery that is the mother-daughter relationship and the chaos it instilled.
A raw account of my own inner alchemy, this book is for anyone searching for renewal in life’s transitions, or curious about the Camino and the transformative power of pilgrimage.
Maryanna Gabriel
Maryanna Gabriel lives in the Southern Gulf Islands and is the owner of Magic Cottage Creations. She is the author of Walking The Camino: On Earth As It Is, from Pottersfield Press. She has a Master’s in Creative Nonfiction from Dalhousie University and is a graduate of the University of Toronto’s Creative Writing Continuing Education Program. Her Bachelor’s is from Simon Fraser University in Interdisciplinary Studies and Archaeology and she is a graduate of SFU’s Writers Studio. Also an artist, she holds a Certificate In Fine Art Techniques from Emily Carr University of Art & Design. Currently, she is a “reader” sometimes judge for Vancouver’s Geist Magazine.
““Morsels of gold throughout...” ”
Maryanna Gabriel is a member of The Writer’s Union of Canada, & the Federation of BC Writers.
Member of the Salt Spring Arts Council.
Photos, art, and text copyright Magic Cottage Creations and Maryanna Gabriel.