{"product_id":"a-pearl-in-the-storm-how-i-found-my-heart-in-the-middle-of-the-ocean-paperback","title":"A Pearl in the Storm: How I Found My Heart in the Middle of the Ocean - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTori Murden McClure\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Unlike Hemingway's \u003cem\u003eThe Old Man and the Sea\u003c\/em\u003e, Tori Murden McClure's true story of a woman and the sea and a boat named American Pearl is one of victory. . . . If you want to be inspired, read this book. You won't stop till you've finished.\" -- Sena Jeter Naslund, author of \u003cem\u003eAhab's Wife\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this thrilling memoir by the first woman to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean, Tori McClure finds that what she is looking for lies not in a superhuman show of strength, but rather in embracing what it means to be human.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In the end, I know I rowed across the Atlantic to find my heart, but in the beginning, I wasn't aware that it was missing.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn June 1998, Tori McClure began rowing across the Atlantic Ocean solo in a twenty-three-foot plywood boat with no motor or sail. Within days she lost all communication with shore but decided to forge ahead -- not knowing that 1998 would turn out to be the worst hurricane season on record in the North Atlantic. When she was nearly killed by a series of violent storms, Tori was forced to signal for help and head home in what felt like disgrace. But then her life changed in unexpected ways. She was hired by Muhammad Ali, who told her she did not want to be known as the woman who \"almost\" rowed across the Atlantic. And at thirty-five, Tori fell in love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Pearl in the Storm\u003c\/em\u003e is Tori's enthralling story of high adventure--and of her personal quest to discover that embracing her own humanity was more important than superhuman feats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the end, I know I rowed across the Atlantic to find my heart, but in the beginning, I wasn't aware that it was missing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn June 1998, Tori McClure began rowing across the Atlantic Ocean solo in a twenty-three-foot plywood boat with no motor or sail. Within days she lost all communication with shore but decided to forge ahead -- not knowing that 1998 would turn out to be the worst hurricane season on record in the North Atlantic. When she was nearly killed by a series of violent storms, Tori was forced to signal for help and head home in what felt like disgrace. But then her life changed in unexpected ways. She was hired by Muhammad Ali, who told her she did not want to be known as the woman who almost rowed across the Atlantic. 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When she was nearly killed by a series of violent storms, Tori was forced to signal for help and head home in what felt like disgrace. But then her life changed in unexpected ways. She was hired by Muhammad Ali, who told her she did not want to be known as the woman who \"almost\" rowed across the Atlantic. And at thirty-five, Tori fell in love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Pearl in the Storm\u003c\/em\u003e is Tori's thrilling true story of high adventure -- and of her personal quest to discover that embracing her own humanity was more important than superhuman feats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 06, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762963087648,"sku":"9780061718878","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/763aa6d3566ce379f4cd34eb63cc8cd3.webp?v=1780227217","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-pearl-in-the-storm-how-i-found-my-heart-in-the-middle-of-the-ocean-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}