Serendipity road

Serendipity Road is a memoir set in Canada and Australia. On the cover, Bryce Courtenay says: ‘story of hope and perseverance-when’s the movie?’

Starting life in an orphanage in Calgary, Catherine DeVrye was adopted by loving parents. When she was twenty-one, they died of cancer, within a year of each other. An only child, Catherine packed her bags for a 3-month working holiday in Australia, arriving jobless and near penniless…leaving her tenured lecturing position in Alberta.

This led to a life-long journey to find her place in the world, as she waited tables, taught school, worked on a mine site and as a senior public servant. She then joined IBM with postings to Tokyo, Hong Kong and New York. Named Australian Executive Woman of the Year in 1993, Catherine found herself dining with princes, prime ministers and Olympic athletes. She’d cycled over the Andes, dived with sharks and climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Yet, still something was missing. So, eventually Catherine decided to search for her biological parents. And that’s when her adventures really began…as she saw her birth father inducted into the rode hall of fame.

If you’ve ever felt alone and hopeless, laugh and cry through Catherine’s story and become more empowered to turn your own stumbling blocks into stepping-stones.

Catherine DeVrye is based in Sydney and travels the world sharing her life experiences as a conference speaker.

A percentage of all royalties go to the Salvation Army.

External Sources

Book Review - http://www.greatmotivation.com/pages/book-reviews.php#Who%20says