Junkie Buddha

Our healing journeys differ. Some move country or hit the bottle. Diane's healing journey was travel. Her son loved travelling and mountain climbing in South America. He'd walked the Inca Trail and longed to return to the sacred citadel of Machu Picchu. On the first anniversary of his death, fragile and aching with grief, she travelled alone to Peru to scatter his ashes there. Diane's adventures en route were by turns scary, electrifying and humorous: flying over the Nazca Lines; a consultation with an Inca witch; an accidental brush with Peruvian porn. She immersed herself in the culture - and Peru reconnected her with life. This is a story about profound loss leading to spiritual gain. And it's a story about love.

Auteur

Diane Esguerra is a writer, a script writer and a psychotherapist. She studied English at University College, London, followed by a stint at drama school, and, later, trained as a psychotherapist at the University of Sussex. For a number of years she worked as a performance artist in Britain, Europe and the United States. She has written for theatre and television and is the recipient of a Geneva-Europe Television Award and a Time Out Theatre Award. The founder and director of Greenlight Counselling and Coaching Consultancy, Diane lives in Media City, Salford Quays with her partner David, who works at the BBC.