book

With nothing but her backpack and an open-ended ticket, Torontonian Aly Coy spends five years travelling Western Europe. She is faced with a decision: to stay in a tumultuous relationship homesteading in The Spanish Pyrenees, or go back to a life she had given up as a young professional in Toronto.

Biographical,Drama,Memoir,Funny,Comedy,LGBT,Other,Adventure

Aly, the main character, is hiking 3 hours to town in the middle of the Spanish Pyrenees. She has to make a decision, to stay with an abusive partner or to book a flight in town and leave him. She reflects on how it is living in an off-grid community with Josef, and how she ended up there.

Amsterdam, Spanish Pyrenees, Commune in The Netherlands, Seville Spain,

Yes

Overcoming Monster/Villain,Internal Journey/Rebirth

Coming of Age,Happy Ending,Meaningful Message

Sexual Abuse,Nudity, Language/Profanity,Substance Abuse

Name: Aly Coy

Age: 22

Gender: Female

Role: Protagonist

Key Traits: Adventurous,Charming,Engaging,Heroic,Naive,Sexy,Funny,Romantic,Aspiring,Empathetic

Name: Josef

Age: 36

Gender: Male

Role: Antagonist

Key Traits: Adventurous,Aggressive,Charming,Complex,Confident,Crazy,Criminal,Educated,Leader,Masculine,Narcisstic,Sexy,Blunt,Power Hungry,Outspoken,Visionary,Sarcastic,Seductive,Manipulative,Unapologetic,Lone Wolf

The author has not yet written this

The author has not yet written this

Aly Coy currently lives in rural Nova Scotia, originally from Toronto, Canada. She has three European walking tours published through Unanchor and is the small business owner of Barefoot Daughter Body Care. Her debut book UNPACKED: a memoir of checked baggage released June 11th 2019. She studied English Literature and Creative Writing at Dalhousie University and Humber College. She worked on the Dalhousie Gazette as the Arts and Culture Editor. After University she travelled and lived in Western Europe for five years and kept a travel blog along the way. You can follow her blog and her botanical body care business at www.barefootdaughter.com

Age: 35-54,18-34

Target Gender: Female Leaning

Backpackers, travellers

Status: Yes: self-published

Publisher: Self Published

Year Published: 2019

Yes

978-1-9990482-0-4