Backyard to Backpack: A solo mum, a six year old and a life-changing adventure
Evie Farrell
Aug 2019 · Allen & Unwin
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Inspiring true story of a single mum and daughter who traded a conventional life for one lived fully, travelling the world together.
What if you followed your heart to a life that made you truly happy?
When her daughter Emmie was 6 years old, Evie Farrell left her corporate career, sold or donated almost everything she owned, rented out her house and, hand-in-hand with Emmie, began an epic two-and-a-half-year backpacking adventure that would change their lives forever. Evie farewelled a nasty break-up, long hours in a demanding job, a hefty mortgage and snatched hours with her daughter for a new life lived outside the lines, spending every day with Emmie exploring the world beyond the suburbs.
They camped on the Great Wall of China, hung in train doorways in Sri Lanka, swam with mantas in Indonesia, donated much-needed blood in Cambodia, spotted wild orangutans and pygmy elephants in Malaysian Borneo, prayed in Buddhist temples in Taiwan and were chased by monkeys everywhere. In their journey toward happiness and self-acceptance, they learnt more about each other and the beautiful world around them than Evie ever expected.
Backyard to Backpack is the inspirational true story that will have you asking yourself, what might be if you took a chance, stepped off the path of expectation and created your own adventure?
What if you followed your heart to a life that made you truly happy?
When her daughter Emmie was 6 years old, Evie Farrell left her corporate career, sold or donated almost everything she owned, rented out her house and, hand-in-hand with Emmie, began an epic two-and-a-half-year backpacking adventure that would change their lives forever. Evie farewelled a nasty break-up, long hours in a demanding job, a hefty mortgage and snatched hours with her daughter for a new life lived outside the lines, spending every day with Emmie exploring the world beyond the suburbs.
They camped on the Great Wall of China, hung in train doorways in Sri Lanka, swam with mantas in Indonesia, donated much-needed blood in Cambodia, spotted wild orangutans and pygmy elephants in Malaysian Borneo, prayed in Buddhist temples in Taiwan and were chased by monkeys everywhere. In their journey toward happiness and self-acceptance, they learnt more about each other and the beautiful world around them than Evie ever expected.
Backyard to Backpack is the inspirational true story that will have you asking yourself, what might be if you took a chance, stepped off the path of expectation and created your own adventure?
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4.7
3 reviews
Hayley Gourley
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February 2, 2020
Choose love every time. Go where your heart leads you. This is a wonderful story of travel and family and not conforming to how society thinks we should live our lives.
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Tarnya Whiting
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November 5, 2019
Loved this book so much. I didn't want it to end. I hope your amazing travels and adventures continue and you write more books all about them!
About the author
Evie Farrell is a mum from the suburbs who travelled the world with her daughter for two and a half years, building a life of love and adventure. She runs the wildly popular blog and Instagram account Mumpack Travel.
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