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THE SOLO TRAVELLER
Your world. Your way.
Perspectives
Having left New Zealand as a child, Jane D Thornton returns to the country that shaped her earliest memories. Carrying her mother’s ashes with her, she retraces a landscape of childhood and family, before being guided to ‘the perfect place’.
By Jane D Thornton | Published 24 August 2026
Gerlando Fabio Sorrentino’s sprawling guide to travelling independently through Italy gleefully ignores many of the conventions of traditional travel publishing. In doing so, his book becomes something far less prescriptive and formulaic, and a good deal more engaging – an intensely personal, comprehensive and passionate exploration of Italy, shaped by his experience and fascination with the particular freedoms and challenges of travelling alone.
Published 23 August 2026
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