A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK
WINNER STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARDS 2020
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL PRIZE 2019
''Such an addictive and likeable book...One of this year''s best memoirs'' The Telegraph
''It''s the resistance to the obvious narratives that makes Rough Magic so appealing: the book undermines lazy women-in-the-wilderness tropes at every turn.'' Sarah Moss, Guardian
''Think Educated meets Wild'' Entertainment Weekly
''Rough Magic is transporting, beguiling and terrifically entertaining'' Daily Mail
The Mongol Derby is the world''s toughest horse race. A feat of endurance across the vast Mongolian plains once traversed by the people of Genghis Khan, competitors ride 25 horses across a distance of 1000km. Many riders don''t make it to the finish line.
In 2013 Lara Prior-Palmer - nineteen, underprepared but se
