The Lost Girls: Three Friends. Four Continents. One Unconventional Detour Around the World – A Travel Memoir of Quarter-Life Crisis and Self-Discovery

“A triumphant journey about losing yourself, finding yourself and coming home again. Hitch yourself to their ride: you’ll embark on a transformative journey of your own.” — Allison Winn Scotch, New York Times bestselling author of The One That I Want and Time of My Life

Three friends, each on the brink of a quarter-life crisis, make a pact to quit their high pressure New York City media jobs and leave behind their friends, boyfriends, and everything familiar to embark on a year-long backpacking adventure around the world in The Lost Girls .

With their thirtieth birthdays looming, Jen, Holly, and Amanda are feeling the pressure to hit certain milestones—score the big promotion, find a soul mate, have 2.2 kids. Instead, in this inspiring travelogue, they make a pact to quit their jobs and set out on a journey in search of inspiration and direction.

Traveling 60,000 miles across four continents, Jen, Holly, and Amanda push themselves far outside their comfort zones to embrace every adventure. Ultimately, theirs is a story of true friendship—a bond forged by sharing beds and backpacks, enduring exotic illnesses, trekking across mountains, and standing by one another through heartaches, whirlwind romances, and everything in the world in between.

One pact. Three plane tickets. A 60,000-mile search for answers that will inspire anyone who has ever felt lost.

Quarter-Life Crisis: Feeling the pressure to score the big promotion and find a soul mate, Jen, Holly, and Amanda decide to trade the life they have for the one they can only imagine. A Grown-Up Gap Year: Witness a 60,000-mile, four-continent backpacking adventure that pushes three women far outside their comfort zones as they search for inspiration and direction. Unbreakable Friendship: Theirs is a story of a bond forged by sharing backpacks, enduring exotic illnesses, trekking across mountains, and navigating whirlwind romances together. Inspirational Journey: A powerful travel memoir for anyone who has ever wondered if they were on the right path―or if the road less traveled was the one they were meant to follow all along.