All Before Me: A Search for Belonging in Wordsworth's Lake District
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Esther Rutter
Granta Books and the Wordsworth Trust invite you to celebrate the launch of All Before Me: A Search for Belonging in Wordsworth’s Lake District by Esther Rutter.
In her early twenties, Esther Rutter suffered an acute mental breakdown while teaching English in Japan. Sectioned and held in a Japanese psychiatric institution until she could be flown home under escort, her recovery only began when she came to live and work in the Lake District at Dove Cottage, the home of William and Dorothy Wordsworth. Here, amid the beauty of the mountainous landscape and close to the extraordinary legacy of the Wordsworths, Esther began to heal.
All Before Me is a moving and absorbing account of the struggle to know oneself on the journey into adulthood, intertwined with the stories of the Wordsworth siblings at Dove Cottage. In the beautiful hamlet of Town End, where a cultural epoch was borne that would forever shape the way we experience the world, Esther found the spirit of place to sustain and anchor her, and make possible all that lay before her.
Join us for an in-conversation event with Helen Mort, followed by a drinks reception. Signed copies will be available to purchase from Sam Read Bookseller. Tickets are free but booking is essential.
Covid precautions are in place at the venue and we appreciate you wearing a mask if you are able.
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