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The Passenger: How a Travel Writer Learned to Love Cruises & Other Lies from a Sinking Ship
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About The Passenger: How A Travel Writer Learned To Love
Product Description “Beautifully written and astutely observed. This is a marvelous book.”—Washington Post“For fans of The Perfect Storm, In the Heart of the Sea, and Bill Bryson on his sassiest days.”—Afar Travel Magazine and GuideAboard a sinking cruise ship, a journalist faces death and reconsiders life. “If you’re looking for a great read, look no further than The Passenger.”—San Francisco ExaminerIn March 2019, the Viking Sky cruise ship was struck by a bomb cyclone in the North Atlantic. Rocked by 50-foot swells and 40-knot gales, the ship lost power and began to drift straight toward the notoriously dangerous Hustadvika coast in Norway. This is the suspenseful, harrowing, funny, touching story by one passenger who contemplated death aboard that ship. Chaney Kwak is a travel writer used to all sorts of mishaps on the road, but this is a first even for him: trapped on the battered cruise ship, he stuffs his passport into his underwear just in case his body has to be identified. As the massive cruise ship sways in surging waves, Kwak holds on and watches news of the impending disaster unfold on Twitter, where the cruise ship’s nearly 1,400 passengers are showered with “thoughts and prayers.” Kwak uses his twenty-seven hours aboard the teetering ship to examine his family history, maritime tragedies, and the failing relationship back on shore with a man he’s loved for nearly two decades: the Viking Sky, he realizes, may not be the only sinking ship he needs to escape.The Passenger takes readers for an unforgettable journey from the Norwegian coast to the South China Sea, from post-WWII Korea to pandemic-struck San Francisco. Kwak weaves his personal experience into events spanning decades and continents to explore the serendipity and the relationships that move us—perfect for readers who love to discover world travel through the eyes of a perceptive and witty observer. Review “Beautifully written and astutely observed. This is a marvelous book.”—Washington Post“Titanic clarity and humor that’s as dark as it is dry.”—Travel + Leisure“For fans of The Perfect Storm, In the Heart of the Sea, and Bill Bryson on his sassiest days.”—Afar Travel Magazine and Guide“Readers may want to purchase several copies: one to keep, highlight and reread, and others to give to friends. It matters not a whit if one loves cruises, hates cruises, is a never-cruiser or a wanna-be cruiser. Simply put, if you’re looking for a great read, look no further than The Passenger.”―San Francisco Examiner“A must-read….good luck putting this page-turner down. You’ll never step on a cruise ship again without recalling this action-packed tale—if you ever step on a cruise ship again…” —Men’s Journal“A gripping adventure tale…a solemn reminder not to wait until we might be dying to think hard about life.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune“The Passenger flies beyond the classifications of memoir, travel reportage, and marine history to something more intense, wry, and personal.”―Newfound “Thoughtful, exciting, and often hilarious.”—The New York Post“Writing with a tender honesty about not only his situation but that of the entire group . . . Chaney offers a riveting read from start to finish.”—Booklist“This powerful memoir about making tough choices and finding new directions will appeal to a variety of travel readers.”―Library Journal “In The Passenger, Chaney Kwak debuts with the ultimate freelancer revenge story: What do you do when the cruise ship you are covering on assignment starts to sink? The result is a gripping story of survival, capitalism, maritime history―nothing less than a very modern adventure, and an instant classic of travel writing.”―Alexander Chee, author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel “The memoir of a travel writer on assignment aboard a sinking cruise ship…..A down-to-earth, relatable examination of career and life choices.”―Kirkus “The Passenger, with its bare-bones honesty and dry, cynical humor, reveals that when all is said and do
