A review by maria_ruth_jones
A Sense of Direction: Pilgrimage for the Restless and the Hopeful by Gideon Lewis-Kraus

4.0

Smartly written; at once frustrating and endearing - but frustrating in how very close it hits to home, drawn-out conversations over long walks about finding a sense of meaning in life. There's at one point an ironic reference to Eat, Pray, Love, and it stuck in my mind - it does feel like somehow the hipster version of that. A note that I absorbed this in small doses over a couple of months, by audiobook, often while walking - I don't think it would be the sort of book I'd want to sit down and read in one sitting at all. It did leave me very much wanting to embark on a pilgrimage myself!