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The Cure for Anything Is Salt Water: How I Threw My Life Overboard and Found Happiness at Sea - Paperback | Diverse Reads

The Cure for Anything Is Salt Water: How I Threw My Life Overboard and Found Happiness at Sea

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At forty, Mary South had a beautiful home, good friends, and a successful career in book publishing. But she couldn't help feeling that she was missing something intangible but essential. So she decided to go looking for it . . . at sea. Six months later she had quit her job, sold the house, and was living aboard a forty-foot, thirty-ton steel trawler she rechristened Bossanova. Despite her total lack of experience, South set out on her maiden voyage—a fifteen-hundred-mile odyssey from Florida to Maine—with her one-man, two-dog crew. But what began as the fulfillment of an idle wish became a crash course in navigating the complicated byways of the self.

ISBN-13: 9780060747039

Media Type: Paperback(Reprint)

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Publication Date: 06-10-2008

Pages: 224

Product Dimensions: 5.30(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.70(d)

Mary South was a founding editor of Riverhead Books. In the course of her career, she edited an eclectic list of award-winning and bestselling books, including The South Beach Diet. When she is not aboard the Bossanova, South lives in New York City, where she is now senior editor of Yachting magazine.

What People are Saying About This

Linda Greenlaw

“Mary South’s gutsy decision to follow her heart is truly inspiring. I admire her courageous spirit and the fortitude she exhibits in pursuing her own happiness.”

Diane Von Furstenberg

“Mary South’s courage and amazing sense of adventure is proof that if you allow your strength to come out, nothing can stop you. Her book is a must for all women!”

Marianne Williamson

“Mary South had the guts to do what many of us would love to do—throw one life overboard and see what happens next. Her story is brave and inspiring.”

George Saunders

“Engaging and lovable...Find a nice high chair and stand on it, applauding the existence of a writer and person like Mary South.”