Our healing journeys differ; Diane's was travel. Her son loved travelling and longed to return to Machu Picchu. On the first anniversary of his death, she travelled alone to Peru to scatter his ashes there. She immersed herself in the culture and Peru reconnected her with life. This is about loss leading to spiritual gain and it's about love.
A mother's journey through grief, addiction, and spiritual discovery in Peru.
Diane Esguerra's son loved traveling and mountain climbing in South America. He'd walked the Inca Trail and longed to return to Machu Picchu. On the first anniversary of his death from addiction, fragile and aching with grief, she traveled alone to Peru to scatter his ashes there.
Junkie Buddha is a travel memoir about profound loss leading to spiritual gain. Diane's adventures en route are 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 love, resilience, and finding value in the painful experience of loss. For readers of travel memoirs, spiritual journeys, and stories of overcoming adversity.
