The Sunday Times and New York Times Bestseller By the YouTube sensation with more than two
million followers the inspiring account of a woman in her thirties who in a moment of
personal crisis embarked on an epic transcontinental motorcycle ride - and along the way
found a new sense of purpose. Noraly Schoenmaker was a thirty-something geologist living in
the Netherlands when she learned that her live-in partner had been having a long-term affair.
Suddenly without a place to stay she decided to quit her job and jet off to India in search of
a new beginning. Her plans were dashed when she fell quickly and helplessly in love: with a
motorcycle. Behind the handlebars she felt alive and free - nimble enough to trace the
narrowest paths powerful enough to travel the longest of roads. She first rode toward the
Pacific through the jungles of Myanmar and Thailand then into Malaysia. Rather than satisfy
her appetite for the open road this ride only piqued it. She shipped her bike to Oman at the
base of the Arabian Peninsula and embarked on a journey through Iran across Turkmenistan
along its border with Afghanistan over the snowy peaks of Central Asia and into Europe all
the way back home to the Netherlands. She covered remote and utterly unfamiliar territory
broke down on impossibly steep mountains and pushed too many miles along empty roads farther
and farther from civilization. But through her travels she discovered the true beauty of the
world - the kindness of its people the simplicity of its open spaces as well as her own inner
strength. In spirit of The Motorcycle Diaries and Wild this is an inspiring story of
self-discovery and renewal. Filled with unforgettable figures hilarious disasters and powerful
human connections it shows you what happens when you open your heart and let the world in.
'Required reading' New York Post
