Tori Murden Mcclure
Autor de A Pearl in the Storm: How I Found My Heart in the Middle of the Ocean
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A Pearl in the storm : how I found my heart in the… por Tori Murden McClure
Tori Murden McClure is amazing--and not (only) because she rowed alone across an ocean. This book should be required reading.
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elk4422 | 17 reseñas más. | Feb 1, 2024 | Story of something I would never consider doing but admire her for tenacity
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cathy.lemann | 17 reseñas más. | Mar 21, 2023 | FROM AMAZON: In 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.
"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."
In 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.… (más)
"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."
In 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.… (más)
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Gmomaj | 17 reseñas más. | Nov 22, 2022 | I loved reading this book and hope to see more from this writer. I enjoyed how she wove the strands of her physical adventure with her psychological struggle and her emotional growth along with sprinkleings of her intellectual prowess.
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Chris.Wolak | 17 reseñas más. | Oct 13, 2022 | También Puede Gustarte
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