The Year We Seized the Day
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| author = Elizabeth Best
Colin Bowles
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| language = English
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| subject = Friendship
Camino de Santiago
| genre = Non-fiction
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| publisher = Allen & Unwin Australia
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| pub_date = 2007
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| isbn = 9781741750683
| isbn_note = First edition
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The Year We Seized the Day: A True Story of Friendship and Renewal on the Camino is a book by two Australian authors, Elizabeth Best and Colin Bowles about their 800 km trek on foot along the pilgrim route, the Camino de Santiago.{{cite web |title=The Year We Seized the Day : A True Story of Friendship, Fury and Sore Feet {{!}} AustLit: Discover Australian Stories |url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C621708 |website=www.austlit.edu.au |access-date=9 July 2021 |language=en}} The book was first published in 2007 by Allen & Unwin Australia and a new edition followed in 2010.{{cite news |last1=Bantick |first1=Christopher |date=29 September 2007 |title=Fearless Examination from Unlikely Pair |work=The Courier-Mail |url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C621708 |access-date=9 July 2021}}{{cite book |last1=Best |first1=Elizabeth |last2=Bowles |first2=Colin |title=The Year We Seized the Day: A True Story of Friendship and Renewal on the Camino |date=2010 |publisher=Allen & Unwin |isbn=978-1-74237-295-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=30FAmQEACAAJ |language=en}}
Synopsis
The book, written by Best and Bowles, follows the two authors as they take a pilgrimage trip in Spain, on the Camino de Santiago. The two find the trip more difficult than they initially thought, but struggle through it together and with several other pilgrims also taking the same route.
Release
The Year We Seized the Day was first published in Australia during 2007 by Allen & Unwin Australia, under the title The Year We Seized the Day: A True Story of Friendship, Fury and Sore Feet.{{Cite book |last=Best |first=Elizabeth |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/174083408 |title=The year we seized the day : a true story of friendship, fury and sore feet |date=2007 |publisher=Allen & Unwin |others=Colin Bowles |isbn=978-1-74175-068-3 |location=Crows Nest, N.S.W. |oclc=174083408}} This would later be retitled The Year We Seized the Day: A True Story of Friendship and Renewal on the Camino for the new edition released in 2010, also by Allen & Unwin Australia.{{Cite book |last=Best |first=Elizabeth |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/892938433 |title=The year we seized the day : a true story of friendship and renewal on the Camino |date=2010 |publisher=Arena Books |others=Colin Bowles |isbn=978-1-282-49250-9 |location=Crows Nest, N.S.W. |oclc=892938433}}
Reception
The Year We Seized the Day has received reviews from The Sydney Morning Herald,{{Cite news |last=Elder |first=Bruce |date=January 16, 2010 |title=Armchair Journey |pages=5 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald}} Wet Ink,{{Cite news |last=Wilson |first=Dominique |date=Autumn 2008 |title=Review of The Year We Seized the Day : A True Story of Friendship, Fury and Sore Feet |pages=63–64 |work=Wet Ink}} The Courier-Mail, The Weekend Australian,{{Cite news |last=Oakley |first=Barry |date=July 28, 2007 |title=Spanish Pilgrimages Generate Tears of Rage and Hymns of Joy |work=The Weekend Australian}} and Sun Herald.{{Cite news |last=Swart |first=Genevieve |date=July 8, 2007 |title=The Odd Couple's Quest for Forgiveness |pages=4 |work=The Sun-Herald}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.theyearweseizedtheday.net Official The Year We Seized the Day website]
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Category:2007 non-fiction books
Category:Australian non-fiction books
Category:Camino de Santiago in popular culture
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