A pampered Long Island princess hits the road in a converted bus with her wilderness-loving husband, travels the country for one year, and brings it all hilariously to life in this offbeat and romantic memoir.

1. What would you do if you could take a year off? How do you think it might change you? Is there a life lesson you’d like to learn? Is it hard to incorporate lessons learned while traveling or on vacation into your daily life? What could you do to improve that disconnect?
2. What would it be like to spend 24/7 with your significant other for a year? Would a life on the road appeal to one of you more than the other? Why?
3. Doreen said she would “never, ever, EVER live on a bus.” She said the same thing about going to a nudist RV park. Are there things you thought you’d never do in your life, but ending up doing, anyway? How did they work out? Are there things you’re certain you’ll never do now? Why?

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ENTER CELESTIAL SEASONINGS’ QUEEN OF THE ROAD RECIPE CONTEST!

This summer, Celestial Seasonings chose Broadway Books’ Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own, for their June Book Club pick. Visit celestialseasoningsbookclub.com to learn more about this uproarious travel memoir by Doreen Orion, a self-proclaimed “Long Island Princess” couch potato who embarks—kicking and screaming—on an action-packed, romantic, cross-country journey of trials, transformations, and the occasional nudist RV park.

In a nod to Orion’s chapter-opening cocktail recipes, Celestial Seasonings is holding a QUEEN OF THE ROAD Iced Tea Drink Recipe Contest. Get creative with your own tea recipe, and visit www.celestialseasoningsbookclub.com to enter for a chance to win cash prizes and a signed copy of the book.

And, be sure to visit Orion’s blog to see some great pictures from her day of events at their headquarters, and her website for some hilarious video travelogues, podcasts, and more!