Sometimes running away is the first step toward finding yourself. Aurora has spent her entire married life transforming herself from a regular, middle class girl into the ideal society wife. Life seems perfect until she is unceremoniously dumped by her philandering cliche of a husband just before Christmas - and their tenth wedding anniversary. Devastated and unable to face the social ostracism or the holiday parties, Aurora and her best friend Kat plan a trip to Amsterdam for a weekend...then decide to keep going. Aurora attempts to drown her sorrows with wine in Amsterdam and Frankfurt, finds her anger in Athens and Cairo, and reclaims her sexuality in Dubai. By the time she and Kat reach Bangkok at the New Year, Aurora is ready and eager to move on with her life. Planned as a way to escape her pain, Aurora's travels instead become a journey to a new sense of self and a whole new world..."