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Condition: verygood Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days; From: OR, United States Comments: First edition trade paperback, first printing. Book has a tiny scrape at top of spine. Rest of cover is smooth. Pages are bright and unmarked. Used Books Save Forests! We ship promptly. Book Review Follows:\nFrom Publishers Weekly\n\nWith wit and candor, Vanderhoof, who's worked as a magazine and book editor, recounts her sometimes complicated but always enlightening two-year voyage from Toronto to the West Indies and beyond with her husband in their 42-foot sailboat, Receta. As they escape the restraints that have bound them to their desks for years, the pair undergo not just a change in physical appearance (the noticeable weight loss is an unexpected bonus) but also a change in attitude. And although their trip may sound terrific, it's no three-hour tour. Along with sunset cruises and afternoons spent on untouched beaches (where "you can sit and stare at the ocean for hours scarcely seeing another soul"), they encounter "blinding forks of lightning" during a big squall, hailstones d
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