<p><b>A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK</b><br><br><b>WINNER STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARDS 2020</b><br><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL PRIZE 2019</b><br><br><b>''Such an addictive and likeable book...One of this year''s best memoirs'' <i>The Telegraph</i></b><br><br><b>''It''s the resistance to the obvious narratives that makes Rough Magic so appealing: the book undermines lazy women-in-the-wilderness tropes at every turn.'' Sarah Moss, <i>Guardian</i></b><br><br><b>''Think <i>Educated</i> meets <i>Wild</i>'' <i>Entertainment Weekly</i></b><br><br><b><i>''Rough Magic </i>is transporting, beguiling and terrifically entertaining'' <i>Daily Mail</i></b><br><br><br><br>The Mongol Derby is the world''s toughest horse race. A feat of endurance across the vast Mongolian plains once traversed by the people of Genghis Khan, competitors ride 25 horses across a distance of 1000km. Many riders don''t make it to the finish line.<br><br>In 2013 Lara Prior-Palmer - nineteen, underprepared but se