Maiden Voyage - Tania Aebi

Maiden Voyage

By Tania Aebi

  • Release Date: 2012-11-06
  • Genre: Travel & Adventure
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 54 Ratings

Description

What begins as the sheer desire for adventure turns into a spiritual quest as a young woman comes to terms with her family, her dreams, and her first love.

Tania Aebi was an unambitious eighteen-year-old, a bicycle messenger in New York City by day, a Lower East Side barfly at night. In short, she was going nowhere—until her father offered her a challenge: Tania could choose either a college education or a twenty-six-foot sloop. The only catch was that if she chose the sailboat, she’d have to sail around the world—alone.

She chose the boat, and for the next two and a half years and 27,000 miles, it was her home. With only her cat as companion, she discovered the wondrous beauties of the Great Barrier Reef and the death-dealing horrors of the Red Sea. She suffered through a terrifying collision with a tanker in the Mediterranean and a lightning storm off the coast of Gibraltar. And, ultimately, what began with the sheer desire for adventure turned into a spiritual quest as Tania came to terms with her troubled family life, fell in love for the first time, and—most of all—confronted her own needs, desires, dreams, and goals…

Reviews

  • Maiden Voyage

    5
    By Tazixop
    This is the second time I've read Maiden Voyage. It is an amazing, beautifully written story of the coming of age. Truly astonishing accomplishment. A testament to the power of the human spirit. Bravo!
  • Maiden Voyage

    5
    By Bearaka
    This is an amazing book!

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