A Pearl in the Storm: How I Found My Heart in the Middle of the Ocean – The First Woman to Row Solo Across the Atlantic
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“In contrast to Hemingway’s The Previous Man and the Sea, Tori Murden McClure’s true story of a girl and the ocean and a ship named American Pearl is one in every of victory. . . . If you wish to be impressed, learn this ebook. You received’t cease until you’ve completed.” — Sena Jeter Naslund, writer of Ahab’s Spouse
On this thrilling memoir by the primary girl to row solo throughout the Atlantic Ocean, Tori McClure finds that what she is in search of lies not in a superhuman present of power, however slightly in embracing what it means to be human.
“In the long run, I do know I rowed throughout the Atlantic to seek out my coronary heart, however at first, I wasn’t conscious that it was lacking.”
In June 1998, Tori McClure started rowing throughout the Atlantic Ocean solo in a twenty-three-foot plywood boat with no motor or sail. Inside days she misplaced all communication with shore however determined to forge forward — not understanding that 1998 would change into the worst hurricane season on report within the North Atlantic. When she was practically killed by a sequence of violent storms, Tori was compelled to sign for assist and head dwelling in what felt like shame. However then her life modified in sudden methods. She was employed by Muhammad Ali, who instructed her she didn’t wish to be often called the girl who “virtually” rowed throughout the Atlantic. And at thirty-five, Tori fell in love.
A Pearl within the Storm is Tori’s enthralling story of excessive journey—and of her private quest to find that embracing her personal humanity was extra vital than superhuman feats.
Writer : Harper Perennial
Publication date : April 6, 2010
Language : English
Print size : 304 pages
ISBN-10 : 0061718874
ISBN-13 : 978-0061718878
Merchandise Weight : 8 ounces
Dimensions : 5.31 x 0.68 x 8 inches
Finest Sellers Rank: #569,083 in Books (See Prime 100 in Books) #2,411 in Traveler & Explorer Biographies #4,981 in Girls’s Biographies #13,768 in Memoirs (Books)
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