Wayfaring Stranger: A Musical Journey in the American South

A journey to the American South in search of friendship, life lessons and bluegrass. Can you feel nostalgic for a life you've never known? Suffused with her much-loved warmth and wit, Emma John's memoir follows her moving and memorable journey to master one of the hardest musical styles on earth - and to find her place in an alien world. Emma had fallen out of love with her violin when a chance trip to the American South introduced her to bluegrass music. Classically trained, highly strung and wedded to London life, Emma was about as country as a gin martini. So why did it feel like a homecoming? Answering that question takes Emma deep into the Appalachian mountains, where she uncovers a hidden culture that confounds every expectation - and learns some emotional truths of her own. About the Author Emma John is the award-winning author of Following On: A Memoir of Teenage Obsession and Terrible Cricket , which was named the 2017 Wisden Book of the Year. She writes for the Guardian and i