Jen, Holly, and Amanda are at a crossroads. They’re feeling the pressure to hit certain milestones — scoring a big promotion, finding a soul mate, having 2.2 kids — before they reach their early thirties. When personal challenges force them to reevaluate their lives, they decide it’s now or never to do something daring. Unable to gain perspective in fast-paced Manhattan, the three twenty somethings quit their coveted media jobs and leave behind their friends, boyfriends, and everything familiar to travel the globe. Dubbing themselves the Lost Girls, they embark on an epic yearlong search for inspiration and direction.
As they journey 60,000 miles across four continents and more than a dozen countries, Jen, Holly, and Amanda step far outside of their comfort zones, embracing every adventure and experience the world has to offer — shooting blowguns with Yagua elders in the Amazon, learning capoeira on the beaches of Brazil, volunteering with preteen girls at a school in rural Kenya, hiking with Hmong villagers in Vietnam, and driving through Australia in a psychedelic camper van. Along the way, the Lost Girls find not only themselves but also a lifelong friendship. Ultimately, theirs is a story of true sisterhood — a bond forged by sharing beds and backpacks, enduring exotic illnesses, fending off aggressive street vendors, trekking across rivers and over mountains, and standing by one another through heartaches, whirlwind romances, and everything in the world in between.
This candid and compelling memoir will speak to anyone who has ever felt the desire to spread her wings and discover the world with her best friends by her side.
Amanda Pressner caught the travel bug at the age of eight when she and her family traveled cross-country in a camper van nicknamed “The Blue Moose.” Between trips abroad, she writes for such publications as USA Today, Shape, Travel + Leisure, and Cosmopolitan. She is a native of Tampa, Florida.
Holly C. Corbett is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in publications such as Women’s Health, Prevention, Seventeen, and Fitness. Her adventures have taken her to all seven continents — she has swum past icebergs in the Antarctic Ocean, slalom water-skied next to alligators in Florida, and hiked the Leaping Tiger Gorge in China. She was born in Syracuse, New York.
Jennifer Baggett never dreamed that she’d become a writer, but she’s thrilled to have cut her teeth on The Lost Girls. Prior to the trip, she worked in marketing and promotions and held positions at the Sundance Channel, VH1, and NBC. She hails from Bowie, Maryland.
When they’re not traveling the world, all three Lost Girls live in New York City.
Details of the book: The Lost Girls
Authors: Amanda Pressner, Holly C. Corbett, Jennifer Baggett
ISBN: 9780061689062
ISBN-10: 0061689068
Format: Hardcover
Publisher Date: 5.11.2010
Publisher: HarperCollins
Number of Pages: 560
Retail Price: $24.99
Language: English
Ages: 18 and Up
Trimsize: 6 x 9
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sounds like a good read!
Hi Alida =)
It’s been so long since I heard from you. 😉 Hehe
It was a fun read – perfect time for me to read this – since my life is a little on the stressful side right now. =D
i don’t see a question to answer- but i’d love to win the book 🙂
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i would prefer my address not be published, so if i win i will be happy to provide you with my address via email, thanks! 🙂
Hi Sam =)
You’re correctamundo, there is not question to answer for this giveaway.
I wanted to point out to you that this is the incorrect place to enter into the giveaway. This is actually the Comment area. Entries need to be placed into the Giveaway Entry Form that is right between the Review and the Comment section. =) If you use your mouse, you can scroll down the entry form and there you will be able to place all your information.
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Would like to read this book as it sounds like something I would really like to read.
Hi shel =)
It’s a fun book. =) They have a neat friendship and experience.