What the Psychic Told the Pilgrim: A Midlife Misadventure on Spain's Camino de Santiago

Jane Christmas

Jul 2009 · Greystone Books

About this ebook

To celebrate her 50th birthday and face the challenges of mid-life, Jane Christmas joins 14 women to hike the Camino de Santiago de Compostela. Despite a psychic’s warning of catfights, death, and a sexy, fair-haired man, Christmas soldiers on. After a week of squabbles, the group splinters and the real adventure begins. In vivid, witty style, she recounts her battles with loneliness, hallucinations of being joined by Steve Martin, as well as picturesque villages and even the fair-haired man. What the Psychic Told the Pilgrim is one trip neither the author nor the reader will forget.

About the author

Jane Christmas worked as a newspaper editor for 25 years and has written for the Hamilton Spectator, the Globe and Mail, and the National Post. She is the author of one other non-fiction book, The Pelee Project: One Woman's Escape from Urban Madness. She has three children and lives in Hamilton, Ontario.