
‘Captivating. A Pilgrim’s Progress for our time’ TELEGRAPH‘One of those books I find myself being (excuse the pun) evangelical about, pressing it into friends’ hands like a Gideon’s Bible’ SUNDAY TIMES When two of her twenty-something friends turned to faith, Lamorna Ash noticed a recurring phenomenon: in an age of disconnection and apathy, a new generation was rediscovering Christianity for itself. In this lyrical adventure, Ash embarks on a journey across Britain to meet those wrestling with the faith today.Taking us from ancient abysses to modern meeting houses, silent retreats to garrulous reading groups, it is a reminder of our universal need for nourishment of the soul. ‘Scintillating’ FINANCIAL TIMES ‘Rare and arresting’ NEW STATESMAN ‘A twenty-first-century version of Rural Rides, except that in place of William Cobbett’s horse, Ash set off in a twenty-year-old Toyota Corolla’ TELEGRAPH ‘A book for our moment . . . A literary performance of a high order’ IRISH TIMES*A 2025 HIGHLIGHT FOR: Telegraph, Financial Times, New Statesman, Irish Times, Elle and GQ*