Two Steps Forward
$19.54
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2018
Summary
The International bestseller of the Camino, midlife reinvention and unexpected love.
Zoe, a sometime artist, is from California. Martin, an engineer, is from Yorkshire. Both have ended up in picturesque Cluny, in central France. Both are struggling to come to terms with their recent past - for Zoe, the death of her husband; for Martin, a messy divorce.
Looking to make a new start, each sets out alone to walk two thousand kilometres from Cluny to Santiago, in northwestern Spain…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781925773118 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1925773116 |
| Author: | Graeme Simsion, Anne Buist |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Text Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2018 |
| Weight: | 298g |
| Dimensions: | 33mm x 128mm x 197mm |
| Series: | Two Steps |
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Critics Review
‘A novel of mature love and self-discovery set against the scenic backdrop of the pilgrims’ walk.’
‘Simsion and Australian psychiatrist Buist have written an insightful study of loss, grief, and the possibility of romance after.’ * Library Journal *
‘A novel of mature love and self-discovery set against the scenic backdrop of the pilgrims’ walk.’ * Age *
‘There’s so much to love about this novel, which is smart and funny and full of the awkwardness and adrenaline of adventure and new romance.’ * Whimn *
‘A delightful tale of renewal and shedding unnecessary burdens…This is sure to be loved by fans of The Rosie Project and it’s enough to put the Camino at the top of your travel wishlist.’ * Herald Sun *
‘Fans of The Rosie Project might recognise shades of Don Tillman…Compelling reading…[A] cast of entertaining and eccentric characters…The book’s momentum never flags…[An] entertaining and refreshingly unpredictable romance.’ * Sydney Morning Herald *
‘Difficult to put down until the very end.’ * Big Issue *
‘Simsion and Buist are Camino veterans who add detail and authority to their novel.’ * Adelaide Advertiser *
‘A beautifully crafted tale of love, self-acceptance and blisters.’
* Sunday Express *
‘Charming, uplifting’
* The People *
‘Charming and absorbing’
* Daily Mail *
‘…an authentic and diverting read that will make you want to put on your walking boots and book a one-way ticket to southern France.’
* Press Association *
‘Personal, real, and inviting…With wit and wisdom, Simsion and Buist have crafted a novel that will have readers wanting to walk a Camino of their own.’ * Kirkus Reviews *
Graeme Simsion
Graeme Simsion
Graeme Simsion’s books, including the Rosie Project trilogy, The Best of Adam Sharp, and the Two Steps Camino novels written with Anne Buist, have sold over seven million copies in more than forty languages, making him one of Australia’s most successful novelists.
A novella, published with several of his short stories as Creative Difference and Other Stories, has (along with all of his novels as at 2026), been optioned for the screen. Recognition includes the Victorian Premier’s Award for an Unpublished Manuscript, ABIA Fiction Book of the Year and Overall Book of the Year, and longlisting for the International Dublin IMPAC Literary Award.
His practical guide to writing, The Novel Project, has drawn praise from novice and experienced authors alike.
Anne Buist
Prof Anne Buist, AO is Chair of Women’s Mental Health at the University of Melbourne. Her Natalie King series (Medea’s Curse, Dangerous to Know, This I Would Kill For, and Locked Ward), along with stand-alone crime thriller The Long Shadow, draw on her forty years of clinical practice dealing with perinatal mental health, child custody, and infanticide. Her Two Steps Camino novels, written with Graeme Simsion (The Rosie Project), are based on their experiences walking in France, Spain, and Italy and have been published in eleven languages.
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