The Beckoning Land

by Rowena Farre

An autobiographical journey that became a quest for spiritual fulfilment.

285 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1969

About the author

Pseudonym of Daphne Lois Macready.

Rowena Farre was a British author who spent her early childhood with her parents in Hong Kong, or possibly India. At the age of ten, her parents sent her to live with an aunt in Scotland and later she wrote her first autobiographical novel based on her life there. During WWII she worked as a Radar Operator on a remote RAF station in Pembrokeshire. Shortly after the publication of her first book in 1957 she disappeared mysteriously and efforts to trace her were unsuccessful. She reappeared in 1962 and published her second book about her life with the gypsies. Her third book, about traveling to the Himalayas to find and learn from a renowned guru, was published in 1969. Rowena Farre died in 1979.

Reviews

[Claer Barber · Rating 5 out of 5]

I picked up an old library copy of this at a sale when I was at university. I was a little worried about 're reading it, in case it the turned out that reading it instead of doing essays and lab reports was mainly why I had loved it! Nope, I just love Rowena Farre's writing. What an amazing lady!

[Victoria · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this gentle tale about the search for inner peace and spirituality.