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A city girl with a morbid fear of deep water embarks on a year-long voyage across the Pacific with her Argentinean lover aboard a leaky sailboat, facing her fear of water and her relationship with her partner.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: Memoir/Travel Memoir
Authors: Torre DeRoche
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