# The wild other by Clover Stroud (Paperback)

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE**  
  
**'E****xtraordinary, and a painful but invigorating read. I've never met anyone who has read it and doesn't rank it as one of their favourite books.'** **Dolly Alderton**  
  
**'****This story - so fierce and brave and visceral and raw - will stay with me forever. Clover Stroud is a force of nature, and a woman who is fearless in the face of life and death. I loved it.' Elizabeth Gilbert, author of E_at Pray Love_**  
  
**'****There is so much richly evoked life here... beautifully written.' _Cathy Rentzenbrink, The Times_**  
  
**'This redemptive memoir will steal your heart; it will return it bruised but emboldened.' _Mail on Sunday_**  
  
**'****I have huge admiration for the spirit of this memoir, and its author: full of heart, bravery and adventure. A moving, gripping read.' _Amy Liptrot, author of_ The Outrun**  
  
Clover Stroud grew up in rural Wiltshire surrounded by animals and family. When she was just sixteen her adored mother had a horrific riding accident which left her permanently brain-damaged, and suddenly Clover was left to fend for herself. She embarked on an extraordinary journey to heal her broken heart, courting men and danger through two marriages and five children.  
  
_The Wild Other_ is a grippingly honest account of love, sex and travelling to the darkest edges of human experience and back again. Powerful and deeply emotional, this is the story of an extraordinary life lived at its fullest.

## Details

- **Price:** 11.49 GBP
- **Vendor:** Hodder
- **Type:** Biographies & Memoirs
- **Tags:** All Books, Biographies & Memoirs, Nature

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> Updated: 2026-10-09