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Bezig met laden... Fourteen: A Daughter's Memoir of Adventure, Sailing, and Survivaldoor Leslie Johansen Nack
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Winner of 5 independent book awards, including NIEA, Next Generation Indie, Independent Press Award, Beverly Hills Book Awards and Readers' Favorites After her mother and father divorce at age seven, Leslie quickly learns the hard lessons of being Dad's favorite. The abuse begins at age nine and doesn't end until she begins to fight back, finally, at age fourteen. Her father, a larger-than-life Norwegian, assumed full custody of Leslie and her two sisters and moved the family from their 63-acre rustic ranch in Northern California to a 45-foot sailboat in Southern California. The family spent two years living aboard their boat preparing for the trip of their father's dreams: a trip around the world. On February 5, 1975, the family set sail for French Polynesia. Intense and inspiring, Fourteen is a coming-of-age adventure story about a young girl who comes into her own power, fights back against abuse, becomes an accomplished sailor, and falls in love with the ocean and the natural world. The outer voyage is a mirror of her inner journey, and her goal is to find the strength to endure in a dangerous world, and within a difficult family. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)797.124The arts Recreational and performing arts Water & Aerial Sports Boating Boating by types of vessels Sailing (sports)LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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But then there are the unusual parts. She and her sisters are taken out of school to sail to Tahiti in their father’s boat. Their dad, Bjorn, a Norwegian tough guy, expects her and her sisters to procure dinner by spearfishing in the lagoon. He sends Leslie’s sisters back to the States, and keeps her on as his skipper, hiring three strangers to help him pilot a worn-out ketch (two-masted sailing boat) to California. Leslie is only fourteen, but sturdy and capable. She enjoys her father’s trust, though she’s repelled by his creepy attentions, which cross the line.
Although Leslie obviously survived to write the book, I found it hard to put down her story because of the suspense. Insane situations kept cropping up; I wondered how her parents would react—much as she herself wondered at the time. She did not grow up with stability or nurturing; yet the book isn’t just an “abuse” memoir. The simple language candidly expresses the complex emotions Leslie felt: pride in her sailing skills, joy in her friendships, disappointment in her mother’s neglect, delight in the sea, in all its capriciousness.
The photographs in the book and on her website are a plus.
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