Destination Moon is an open-hearted memoir about passion and finding purpose from the woman whose mid-career one-eighty led her from Formula 1 to opening the world-famous Lune Croissanterie. At thirteen, Kate Reid already knew exactly where she was headed: a career in Formula 1, a life lived at full throttle. Like a master cartographer she had drawn the map of her future – all she had to do was follow the course she’d charted. But after earning a degree in aerospace engineering and taking up a coveted position at one of the top F1 teams in the UK, Kate discovered that the reality didn’t exactly live up to the dream. The pursuit of perfection that had once made her reach for the moon now sent her spiralling into a life-threatening battle against depression and anorexia. From the grey skies of England and Monaco’s glittering, million-dollar harbour, to Melbourne’s trendy café scene and the spellbinding counters of Parisian patisseries, Kate searched for something that would bring meaning and passion back into her life: a destination worth driving towards at full speed.

ケイト・リードの『Destination Moon』は、完璧を追い求める魂の軌跡を描いた壮絶な回顧録です。F1という究極の工学の世界から、バターの香るクロワッサンの世界へ。この一見極端な転換の背後には、夢を叶えたはずの場所で自分を見失い、拒食症という深い闇に堕ちた著者の痛切な葛藤が、克明かつ叙情的に綴られています。 本作の真の魅力は、単なる成功譚ではなく、「完璧」という名の呪縛からいかに解き放たれるかという、生の再定義にあります。数式で制御できない「美味しさ」という情熱を追い求め、パリの街角で新たな光を見出す筆致は、読む者の心に強い火を灯します。迷い、傷つきながらも自分だけの目的地を再構築していく彼女の姿は、生きる意味を問うすべての人に鮮烈な勇気を与えるでしょう。