A Dangerous Pursuit of Happiness is Carmen Greentree’s memoir – her story of a spiritual quest wrapped up in a series of pro-surfing and travel adventures. By turns harrowing, heart-breaking, inspiring and uplifting, it will encourage readers who struggle with the same questions she did to begin finding their own answers. Carmen had a difficult, lonely childhood in which the only person who made her feel loved – her brother – suffered from a debilitating, terminal illness. This led her to search for the answers to life’s biggest questions: who am I, why am I here, and why do bad things happen? It was a quest that would take her first into the world of external fame, fortune and adventure as a world-class pro-surfer. Next it would bring her to India, where she was abducted, assaulted, held captive and extorted. And finally, it would bring her home again to find healing, self-worth and forgiveness in the only place she hadn’t looked – within herself.
