{"product_id":"9781450080613","title":"Sailing: Inside Passages: The Mysteries of the Inner Sea","description":"Life on a cruise ship is an escape from the normalities  that make up ordinary daily life. Passengers  come aboard the big, beautiful ships  to become, for a abort  time,  a new person,  to act out, amid the afforded luxuries , the supposed life of status,  ease,  and tourism  of  the  \"the  rich and famous.\"  The guests  at  their  assigned dining table become their  temporary family,  the ship 's' excursions  become their shared  diverting  playground \"outings,\"  and the ship's  on board entertainments  become  their  \"nights  out.\"  But, of course,  as the story of the Morgan table on the Europa's   cruise  in the Western Mediterranean Sea  reveals,  under all the splurge and  glitter of cruise life is the  actual  person behind the actor  on stage in the dining room, the lounge, the stage shows,  and all the off-ship  visitations.  This novel is about those sudden \"outings\"  of the  actual selfness of the guests , who, to their surprise,  delight, chagrin, disappointment,  discover  new awareness   of their persistent  resident natures  at this time of their lives,  and for a few,  a  recognition of a passionate  possibility to truly changing their lives.  In some way,  the enigma of this wonderful cruise affirms what John Keats wrote,  \"Beauty  is truth,  truth beauty.\"  \u003cbr\u003e            \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140504731888,"sku":"9781450080613","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781450080613_p0.jpg?v=1763832522","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781450080613","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}