A Pearl in the Storm: How I Found My Heart in the Middle of the Ocean - Softcover

McClure, Tori Murden

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061718874 ISBN 13: 9780061718878

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2010

Synopsis

"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.

A Pearl in the Storm is Tori's thrilling true story of high adventure - and of her personal quest to discover that embracing her own humanity was more important than superhuman feats.

About this title

Book Description:

This account of rowing across the Atlantic is riveting. Certain chapters are terrifying, all of them smart and engaging. Tori McClure is a magnificent endurance athlete (she also skied to the South Pole) but also an eccentric in the most admirable sense of the word. -- John Casey, National Book Award-winning author of Spartina

About the Author:

A vice president at Spalding University, Tori Murden McClure's firsts include being the first woman to row solo across the Atlantic and to ski over land to the South Pole. She holds several degrees, including a master's in divinity from Harvard University. Tori lives in Louisville, Kentucky, with her husband.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0061718874
• ISBN 13: 9780061718878
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304