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The Way Home

Tales from a Life Without Technology

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The Way Home

By: Mark Boyle
Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
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It was 11:00 pm when I checked my email for the last time and turned off my phone for what I hoped would be forever.

No running water, no car, no electricity or any of the things it powers: the internet, phone, washing machine, radio, or light bulb. Just a wooden cabin, on a smallholding, by the edge of a stand of spruce.

The Way Home is a modern-day Walden - an honest and lyrical account of a remarkable life lived in nature without modern technology. Mark Boyle, author of The Moneyless Man, explores the hard-won joys of building a home with his bare hands, learning to make fire, collecting water from the stream, foraging, and fishing.

What he finds is an elemental life, one governed by the rhythms of the sun and seasons, where life and death dance in a primal landscape of blood, wood, muck, water, and fire - much the same life we have lived for most of our time on earth. Revisiting it brings a deep insight into what it means to be human at a time when the boundaries between man and machine are blurring.

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Fantastic. This is the last audiobook I'll ever listen to. I already live off grid but this has helped reassure me that I'm doing the right thing for me.

Brilliant

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In a world that is over-populated and too far removed from the real necessities of life this is a sobering reminder that simplicity is always better than complexity...

A bit of sanity

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This is, without question, my absolute favourite book. This is a beautifully written, thought-provoking piece of work and has infinite reread value.

I recommend this book to everyone. The story is wholesome, fascinating and timeless. There are a few short gruesome scenes, but these provide a necessary realness and contrast to the story that I feel would have been ungenuine for Mark to remove or ammend.

Gerard Doyle (narrator) was the perfect choice. You won't be disappointed.

Profound

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This is whimsical and yet spot on. I like how he clearly states how much work goes into the simple life.
While showing how much is missed in the modern so-called civilized life.
It has encouraged me to continue finding more ways to step back from consumerism and make living a way of life.

Love the philosophy

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helped me come to terms with what the world is in its current state. and how one can live in such times.

truly inspiring

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