What a wonderful book Wanderland is! A witty, gentle, original and very modern quest for the magical (not the mythical) in Britain's landscape, which both made me laugh and moved me. I wish Roger Deakin could have read this book, for he would surely have recognised a kindred spirit in Jini Reddy. -- Robert Macfarlane A breath of fresh air. * Observer * [ An] effervescent exploration Reddys engaging narrative has an assurance and humour which both charm and convince. -- Elizabeth Dearnley * The Times Literary Supplement * Witty and engaging. -- Tom Robbins * Financial Times, Best mid-year reads of 2020 * An honest, contradictory and refreshing take on nature writing. * Conde Nast Traveller * Funny and touching. * The Mail on Sunday * Candid, soulful and uplifting search for natural magic. * The Lady * Warm, open-minded and endlessly curious, Jini is an ideal guide to Britains more unusual places and people. Wanderland is a truly engaging exploration, full of heart and soul. -- Melissa Harrison A page turner. * Sunday Express S Magazine * Wanderland is extraordinary, unique even, standing apart from recent books about the British countryside.. She is, she declares, lovesick: at times her prose has a dreamy, almost erotic charge. -- Ben Hoare * Countryfile * She rejects the stereotypes placed on people of colour, and crafts a beautiful story of self-discovery and exploration of the natural world. * Brown Girl magazine * Curious and tenacious, Jini learns to accommodate both solitude and the gifts of chance, discovering at last a new way of being, a new way of seeing, a new way of listening to the complex voices of this archipelago animal, aerial, human and other-than-human. -- Katharine Norbury With an unusual but timely eco-spiritual edge, and an alluring blend of memoir and nature-writing this touches on themes of identity and belonging as it charts how a restless spirit fell in love with her native land. -- Caroline Sanderson, Editor at The Bookseller (Editors choice in the Bookseller) Wanderland is a skilfully crafted and touching memoir of self-discovery inspired by Britain's wild places. -- Mark Whitley * The Countryman * A joyous celebration of the beauty we can see and the magic we can't. -- Tay Aziz * BBC Wildlife * doesnt just open your eyes to the Isles mystical history, but also your mind to the possibilities of what spirits may be lurking there. * Wanderlust magazine * In this funny, touching bookwe are left with a sense that Reddy really has made contact with something deep within herself that feels entirely new and special. -- Kathryn Hughes * Mail on Sunday * Her easy style, genuinely questioning approach and willingness to take a wry look at her own self all carry the reader along in an engaging and often delightful tale. -- Stephen Moss * Resurgence & Ecologist *
