I'll Be There: Vignettes of an Inveterate Traveller

One woman's extraordinary journey from rural England to being the centre of the action in New York in the early Sixties, mixing with celebrities such as John Steinbeck, Edie Sedgwick, Joan Fontaine, Tennessee Williams, Frank Sinatra and Salvador Dali. And from there making an 11,000 mile solo journey across Eastern Europe, Poland, Russia and Siberia during the Cold War and then travelling through Japan, Hong Kong and the Philippines at a time of huge political upheaval, meeting powerful and, sometimes, murderous people along the way.

From living and working among refugees with disabilities in Croatia and Azerbaijan, to being used as a police decoy to catch a serial rapist in Hong Kong. From being a prison visitor to incarcerated English girls in Costa Rica to being made a "living goddess" by a remote tribe in northern Philippines., Caroline has done it all. At different times, humanitarian aid worker, theatre director, radio producer, film & TV actor, single mother and best-selling author. But, at all times, an intrepid traveller.

An incredibly entertaining book. It feels like Caroline Kennedy has lived the lives of many people. Her passion for travel, for meeting new people and for testing her own daring and resilience throughout her lifelong journey shines through. This memoir takes the reader on a truly wondrous adventure all over this planet of ours. This is a thoroughly entertaining read.