The Wild Track

This memoir is a triumph; an extraordinarily wise and rich analysis of what it means to belong, to a place and to beloved others. Deeply moving, richly allusive, surprising and thought-provoking, The Wild Track deserves to be one of the great successes of 2021.

Bel Mooney

Exquisite. Beautifully written, The Wild Track is a deeply insightful memoir which charts displacement and our fundamental longings for place and identity and ultimately our yearnings for love.

Helena Kennedy

A remarkable book. Wise and arresting in its candour.

Sarah Winman

Enlightening...The Wild Track is a passionate, heartfelt exploration of a woman who wants to be a mother. I found it utterly compelling.

Alex Wheatle

Extremely moving...an unusually thoughtful take on becoming a mother, enabled by removing babyhood and biology. A testament to the joy of finding home and belonging...the precariousness of the care system is painfully felt and it's this that makes Reynolds's book such a necessary contribution to the literature on motherhood.

Guardian

A beautiful memoir, The Wild Track tells an adoption story less traditional than some.

The Observer

A personal, immersive read...Part memoir, part exploration of what drives a woman to become a mother, it tracks Margaret's journey through the adoption process in her mid-forties in a compelling, honest account.

Country & Town House

A meditative and searching literary memoir.

New Statesman