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The Hard Way : Discovering the Women Who Walked Before Us - Susannah Walker Science Fiction and Fantasy misperceptions about which are theA powerful manifesto for women who long to walk alone and safely in the countryside' Dr. Sharon Blackie, author of If Women Rose RootedWhy is it radical for women to walk alone in the countryside, when men have been doing so for centuries? The Hard Way is a powerful and illuminating book about addressing this imbalance, reclaiming fearlessness and diving into the history of the landscape from a woman's point of view. Setting off to follow the oldest