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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. At the age of seven, Suzanne Heywood's parents announced they were going to sail the route of Captain James Cook, taking their two young children with them, a journey they planned would take three years. Little could Sue know how long the voyage would really last and how much of her childhood would be spent deprived of the kinds of experiences most children take for granted. She would also be deprived of the opportunity for a normal education. This is the story of one girl's desperate fight for a normal life and the opportunity to be educated, something that seemed as elusive as the safe harbours her family seemed often to be searching for in their boat. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'Grippingly vivid and pacey' THE TIMES 'A seven-year old girl on a seventy-foot yacht, for ten years, over fifty thousand miles of sailing ... a fantastic story of a truly Odyssean journey across all the world's great oceans – but is also the inspiring story of the developing of a restless and inquiring mind' SIMON WINCHESTER 'An astonishing almost day-by-day account of [a] hazardous journey and its legacy' TELEGRAPH 'This is a story of an epic childhood journey, so exciting and so shocking it is hard to know whether you're reading about a dream or a nightmare... Wavewalker is thrilling, horrifying, beautifully written – I couldn't put it down' ED BALLS Aged just seven, Suzanne Heywood set sail with her parents and brother on a three-year voyage around the world. What followed turned instead into a decade-long way of life, through storms, shipwrecks, reefs and isolation, with little formal schooling. No one else knew where they were most of the time and no state showed any interest in what was happening to the children. Suzanne fought her parents, longing to return to England and to education and stability. This memoir covers her astonishing upbringing, a survival story of a child deprived of safety, friendships, schooling and occasionally drinking water... At seventeen Suzanne earned an interview at Oxford University and returned to the UK. From the bestselling author of What Does Jeremy Think?, Wavewalker is the incredible true story of how the adventure of a lifetime became one child's worst nightmare – and how her determination to educate herself enabled her to escape 'A classic memoir of childhood. This is a book that every parent should read to consider the consequences of their midlife crises, and every child should read to learn how to deal with impossible mums and dads, as well as boils and barnacles' Mail on Sunday 5* 'An electrifying story about an extraordinary childhood, and Heywood tells it with remarkable clarity and assurance . . . an engrossing book that pitches the reader into the highs and lows of a young life spent in the "Wavewalker School of the Sea"'TLS. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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I have nothing but compassion for her and admiration for what she has achieved in spite of it all. ( )