Author Description

The author relates a medley of entertaining and unusual travel tales; join her as she sails the oceans in a small yacht, explores intimidating mountains, embraces the challenges of long distance motorcycling, hikes unusual destinations and flies her way around the world in her quest to live life to the full. Her zest, energy and enthusiasm are palpable and inspirational. She also tells the story of a bizarre double murder that took place on the uninhabited island of Palmyra, a tropical paradise in the Pacific Ocean. It was here that she lived off the land for five months and during this period made an awful discovery which resulted in one the most publicised court cases in recent (American) history. It was a case of such magnitude that the empanelling of an impartial jury in Hawaii was impossible and so the case was moved to San Francisco. The consequences of the authors find were far reaching and provided the initial inspiration for the writing of this book. A true story of adventure in the unlikeliest of places. Sharon Jordan is continuing her pursuit of an exciting, active lifestyle and hopes to inspire and motivate other people to follow their dreams.