"Brave, funny, and deeply moving." -- Cathy Alter, author of Up for Renewal: What Magazines Taught Me About Love, Sex, and Starting Over "Three cheers to The Lost Girls for showing us, with good humor and graceful prose, the beauty and importance of leading life astray." -- Franz Wisner, New York Times Bestselling author of Honeymoon with My Brother Three friends, each on the brink of a quarter-life crisis, make a pact to quit their high pressure New York City media jobs and leave behind their friends, boyfriends, and everything familiar to embark on a year-long backpacking adventure around the world in The Lost Girls .