A terrible accident. Forced retirement. An excuse to pull out the bucket list!
After a motorbike accident leaves her husband with life-changing injuries,
author Emma Scattergood
organises a worldwide adventure inspired by the contents of an old, laminated bucket list.
It becomes
the journey of a lifetime
-seeking health and ticking off long-imagined list items: from viewing
ancient Petra
, treading
Greece's Parthenon
, and traversing
the Suez Canal
, to hunting down
Doc Martin
on the Cornish coast.
Spanning
seven months
and
19 countries
across Asia and Europe, this memoir-told in
mouth-watering
humorous detail
-pulls you headlong into the sights, culture, challenges and beauty of each place visited. It will make you want to
follow in their footsteps
, and if you are feeling less adventurous, it offers the
perfect escape
.