At 35, Rosa Lane seems to have it all: a successful career in journalism, an attractive boyfriend who is big in politics plus confident, ambitious friends. But then one afternoon she walks out of her job and sets off on a path of self exile which will alienate all those around her. What will her journey teach her? And with her new-found freedom will she ever get around to reading the works of Proust – or even clean the bath? Rosa is the heroine of a new novel Inglorious by the writer Joanna Kavenna who herself rejected urban living to travel to cold and remote lands. She joins Jane Little to talk about the pains and pleasures of opting out of the ordinary.
Inglorious is published on June 7th by Faber and Faber, £11.99
