{"product_id":"wildly-different-by-sarah-lonsdale-9781526195067","title":"Wildly different","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e 2025, Best Summer book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe globe-trotting tales of five women who fought for the right to enjoy the wild places of the earth.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor millennia the 'wild' was a place heroic men went on epic quests. Women were prevented from joining them, either through physical control or powerful myths about what would happen if they ventured beyond the city wall or village boundary. So how did women claim their place in the remote and lovely parts of our planet?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWildly different\u003c\/i\u003e, historian Sarah Lonsdale traces the lives of five women who fought for the right to work in, enjoy and help to save the earth's wild places. We'll meet Mina Hubbard, who outraged the exploration community when she stepped into a canoe in northern Labrador. Evelyn Cheesman, who became the first female keeper of insects at London Zoo. Dorothy Pilley, who shocked polite society by donning men's climbing breeches. Ethel Haythornthwaite, who helped make the Peak District Britain's first National Park. And Wangari Maathai, who started a movement to plant millions of trees across sub-Saharan Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on interviews with Sir David Attenborough, Wangari Maathai's daughter and others, Lonsdale recounts the women's adventures across five continents. Evocative and inspiring, this book shows how women can be \u003ci\u003ewildly different\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Spellbinding,'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Well worth reading.' Bookmunch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'It's a deeply felt, splendidly told, long overdue celebration of five wild, witty and wise voices who make a compelling case, now as then, for conservation, compassion and community.'\u003c\/b\u003e Dan Richards, author of \u003ci\u003eClimbing Days\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47487772885228,"sku":"9781526195067","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9f91a1e114ee1bc2e9b02bb0d86ce553.jpg?v=1775768901","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/wildly-different-by-sarah-lonsdale-9781526195067","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}