Downwardly Mobile: Travels with Mavis
- ISBN-10
- 1980331715
- ISBN-13
- 9781980331711
- Pages
- 199
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-02-20
- Author
- Ray Canham
Description
Downwardly Mobile is a book about living life on the road. It is the story of what happened when Ray and Alison Canham tested their 6 month old marriage by resigning from good jobs and swapping their suburban house for a motorhome. They spent 8 months living in a space smaller than their old bathroom, cooking on two gas rings, sleeping with their noses a few inches from the ceiling and rarely having hot running water. On their journey they worked at music festivals where they ended up playing kazoos with a biker gang, appeared onstage with an 80's pop legend and took on the challenge of working at a large Christian festival with unexpected results. It became both a physical and a spiritual journey; one they undertook with precious little planning and no safety net. There was soul searching, looking back, reconnecting with estranged family and confronting of demons. It's also a love story; a tale about two people, very much in love with each other, falling in love with the country, with the open road, with the freedom to live a simple life, to laugh, cry, love, get cross, swear at Audi drivers and to search for a place they could call home. Downwardly Mobile is the book of their journey; it's an honest, witty and poignant account of the realities involved in having the courage to live your dreams. Proceeds from the book will go to help young adults who have learning difficulties and/or mental health issues learn new skills, gain in confidence and social skills using DJ'ing and music making to bring them together.
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Other editions
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- 2014-05-22
- 192 pages
- Paperback
- Oxford University Press
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- 2012-04-19
- 208 pages
- Ebook
- Oxford University Press
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