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Plunge: One Woman's Pursuit of a Life Less Ordinary
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About Plunge: One Woman's Pursuit Of A Life Less Ordinary
Product Description ★ A Women Who Sail book club selection ★ ★ An Ocean Navigator Notable New Title ★ Tropical waters turn tumultuous in this travel memoir, as a free-spirited woman jumps headfirst into a sailing adventure with a new man and his two dogs. Join Liesbet as she faces a decision that sends her into a whirlwind of love, loss, and living in the moment. When she swaps life as she knows it for an uncertain future on a sailboat, she succumbs to seasickness and a growing desire to be alone. Guided by impulsiveness and the joys of an alternative lifestyle, she must navigate personal storms, trouble with US immigration, adverse weather conditions, and doubts about her newfound love. Does Liesbet find happiness? Will the dogs outlast the man? Or is this just another reality check on a dream to live at sea? ### Have you ever wondered how life could be if you had made different choices? If you didn’t marry early, commit to a large loan for the house, focus on your career, start a family? Maybe you're just curious about how a person thinking outside the box manages? A person without boundaries, striving to be flexible, happy, and free.What you are about to read is how one such person follows her dreams, no, her intuition, and how she survives her naivety, life altering twists, and a relationship in close quarters. Plunge is a story of what happens when you go with the flow, when you have a bright idea - or thought you had one – and ride the waves of the unknown. Ready to hop aboard and delve in? Review " Plunge is not your typical sailing story. The author and her husband sail to incredible places but the real journey is a personal one. Collaert doesn't flinch away from honesty, even when it's not pretty, and many cruisers will relate to the couple's trying situations." - Cruising World " Plunge is an apt title for this cruising narrative as the author doesn't simply dribble hints at what the cruising life can really be like - no, she tosses you right into the deep end of the pool. It's an account of the inner and outer turmoil a nomadic existence can bring. It's refreshingly honest, real, and never dull." - Good Old Boat "As much as this book is the story of life onboard the catamaran Irie, it's the story of Liesbet's relationship with Mark. A no holds barred, achingly intimate recollection from the purely practical to the deeply emotional. It is this unflinching honesty that sets Plunge apart from other books written about the cruising lifestyle. Liesbet has an easy to read, confident, and fluent writing style. Each chapter's subject matter reveals itself like a captivating short story." - Caribbean Compass "There is much in this bracingly honest memoir to recommend it, not the least of which is Collaert's engaging writing. Her considerable skill in conveying the quotidian, as well as the emotional peaks and valleys, shapes this book into more than just a sailing diary. It's a life memoir of a born wanderer always seeking out her next passage." - Ocean Navigator "I absolutely loved Plunge! A wonderful and all-too-real look at the ups and downs of the cruising life; the adventures, the stresses, and the reality of living with someone else 24/7 in a space about the size of most bedrooms. Many of us dream about a life less ordinary, but Liesbet shows the reality of making it happen: the good, the bad, and everything in between. Highly recommended, whether you're thinking about a plunge of your own or just wonder what it is like for those who do it." - The Boat Galley About the Author Liesbet Collaert is a bilingual freelance writer, translator, editor, and photographer from Belgium who has been writing and traveling her entire life. Her work is published internationally in anthologies and magazines, including Cruising World, Blue Water Sailing, Ocean Navigator, Eldridge Tide and Pilot Book, Islands, Yachting World, Sailing Today, All At Sea, Caribbean Compass, and Zeilen. She a
