The year is 1965. After a seven month wait from the birth of their son, Camilla embarks on a journey to Malaysia to reunite with “the man of her dreams.” This journey turns out to be a rocky road, with unexpected twists and turns. A journey of new experiences. Interesting and painful. These experiences have been excavated from dairies, multiple letters, notes, and research. Many letters were only discovered after the deaths of her mother and sister. Her story gives an insight into expatriate life, social change, then and now, of historical events in a tumultuous personal and international world. It is also a journey about “Coercive Control “and its consequences. A real-life cautionary tale for individuals, [frequently women], who wish to pursue “a different life,” “a life of adventure,” and “a life less ordinary “on an international scale.