Road Warrior

Already easy to think of Madsen as a road warrior after years spent living in a Sprinter van throughout the North American continent, when she read Mark Twain's book, The Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc that sparked desire to know more, Madsen began what she calls her Joan-quest.The book begins with a European journey that includes a visit to Rouen where Joan's trials occurred, the Arctic Circle to a memorial built in honor of healers unjustly burned at the stake, and a Denmark...
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Already easy to think of Madsen as a road warrior after years spent living in a Sprinter van throughout the North American continent, when she read Mark Twain's book, The Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc that sparked desire to know more, Madsen began what she calls her Joan-quest.The book begins with a European journey that includes a visit to Rouen where Joan's trials occurred, the Arctic Circle to a memorial built in honor of healers unjustly burned at the stake, and a Denmark sojourn that fostered Madsen's personal place in the long history of healers labeled as heretics. Back in the U.S. and to her van-life, though, the Joan-quest was not even close to completion, Madsen continues with research into what inspired Mark Twain to write this book that changed Madsen's life, which led, in a round-about way to the Archangel Michael. . . .In this quintessential hero's journey to honor Joan of Arc, one of the most beloved heroes in history, Madsen offers a personal story that taps the reader's own desires to find and honor their heroes who can inspire inner transformation. Madsen's sincere and humorous stories of how her own courage, kindness, compassion, and strength to find her purpose in life-all in the midst of life in a van-makes for an entertaining read, at the least, and the potential to tap one's own inner hero journey at best.