A Rolling Stone Gathers No Husbands

Gloria started her travels at the age of 17 in Italy - alone. Over the years she has been to more than 90 countries including Borneo, Outer Mongolia and Tibet. She was a co-driver in an old Citroen 2CV from London to Kathmandu in the Seventies when hippies were flocking there for the drugs. Gloria realizes she has had some very lucky escapes. She passed through Iran and Afghanistan just months before all the troubles began and the murder of the odd Westerner went unnoticed. She came close to being raped in Morocco and in various other places where women are second class citizens. She puts it all down to luck and the fact that she was good at 'smelling a rat'. The names of the countries she has visited are a magic carpet ride - Easter Island, Tahiti, Laos, Papua New Guinea. She has stroked tigers in Thailand and walked with the lions in Zimbabwe. Gloria keeps us on the run as she describes her journeys around the globe at a fast-moving pace, barely allowing us time to catch our breath before moving on to the next destination."Gloria Burley writes about her travels with as much verve and enjoyment as she lives them. Curious, courageous and drawn to new people and experiences, she treks, climbs, skydives, swims and barhops from country to country, pausing only long enough to replenish her budget. Drawing on her diaries and sharp memory, she shows us in vivid, funny and at times hair-raising detail how both she and the world have changed over almost 50 years. I feel as if I've travelled several times round the planet in much more adventurous style than usual, thank you Gloria."- Susan Wyndham Literary Editor, Sydney Morning Herald"Gloria Burley has an irresistible enthusiasm for life which spills in all directions in her new book "A Rolling Stone Gathers No Husbands". She tells hundreds of compelling and amusing stories about herself and the people she meets on her journeys through 90 countries as a free spirit looking for answers to the world's mysteries. A thoroughly entertaining read."Anne Maria Nicholson, ABC-TV journalist and novelist.