{"product_id":"9781476711607","title":"Maiden Voyage","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhat 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTania 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eShe 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…","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47174343098608,"sku":"9781476711607","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781476711607_p0.jpg?v=1763763353","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781476711607","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}