Surviving Paradise: the Perils and Pleasures of the Caribbean - Hardcoverby Bryan M. Byrd (Author) Surviving Paradise: the Perils and Pleasures of the Caribbean A journey of transformation that dares to plumb the depths of the human psyche. When Bryan Byrd cast off the lines from a Florida dock, he envisioned sun soaked days and breezy nights aboard a sailboat gliding to the Virgin Islands. But paradise isn't always. In his coming of age auto fiction novel, Byrd's humor laced narrative plunges readers into an odyssey